Vocabulary
This word, used in the Dreamers article, means, "an action or strategy carefully planned to achieve a specific end."
What is tactic (or tactics)
DACA is an acronym for this
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
The title of the article that we just read
What is "How Dreamers Learned to Play Politics"
The name of the 2010 protest that included four immigrants hiking from Miami to Washington.
What is the Dream Walk
This vocab term means, "the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest."
What is civil disobedience
In 2001 this Bill was presented to congress
What is The Dream Act
The article that we just read was published in this year.
what is 2017
Some Dreamers were intentionally arrested in order to do this.
What is organize people within the detention center
This vocab term means, "to suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation. "
What is languish (or languished)
When the article was written, DACA protected this number of Dreamers from deportation.
What is 800,000
The author of the article that we just read
who is Julia Preston
High school students staged this following action on Sept 5th 2012.
What is a walk-out
This vocab term means, "a difficult or unpleasant situation."
What is predicament
The reason that dreamers were originally hesitant to voice their opinions in public
What is fear of deportation
The publisher of the article.
What is Politico
Starting in 2009, after gaining confidence as they grew in numbers, the Dreamers began to reveal this sometimes in public coming-out ceremonies, taunting authorities to deport them.
What is their (undocumented) status
This vocab term means, "harsh and difficult to live in."
In December of this year, the Dream Act failed in the Senate by a narrow vote.
what is 2010
the purpose of this article
What is to inform (or persuade)
In early June 2012, two protesters closed down the Denver offices of Obama’s campaign for a week this political action to ensure that the president change his policies on immigration.
What is a hunger strike