New York, NY – Thursday, December 9, 2010 – In a historic vote last night, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the DREAM Act, legislation that would give conditional legal status with a pathway to citizenship to undocumented American youth who attend college or serve two years in the military. Below is a statement from Lillian Rodriguez Lopez, President of the Hispanic Federation, on the significance of yesterday’s vote and the leadership we need from the Senate to make this bill a reality.

Read the entire statement.