The Office of Campus Ministry asks Canisius faculty, staff and students to consider signing a petition supporting passage of the Development, Relief & Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act at the 11:45 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. Masses this Sunday (October 2). The petition will also be available in Campus Ministry, the Student Center lobby and at the October 6 Sleep Out in the Quad. Canisius students attending the Ignatian Solidarity Network’s annual teach-in in D.C. this November will be lobbying for passage of the DREAM Act.
Justice for immigrants is an important value in Catholic social teaching, and the DREAM Act gives undocumented students a chance to earn legal status if they came here as children, are long-term US residents, have good moral character, and complete two years of college or military service in good standing. Thousands of hard-working young people who were brought to the United States as infants or children can now be locked up in federal detention centers and deported to a country they’ve never known. The DREAM Act would stop the injustice by giving students who have grown up and graduated high school in the United States the opportunity to earn legal status through higher education or military service.
Please direct questions about this initiative to Sarah Signorino at signoris@canisius.edu.
Submitted by: Sarah Signorino, associate campus minister, campus ministry
