Original article here Last week, the Obama Administration notified Israel that it would support the authorization and appropriation of$205 million of U.S. tax-payer money to Israel to purchase ten batteries of the “Iron Dome” missile defense system. If authorized and appropriated by Congress, this money would be above and beyond the Obama Administration’s record-breaking FY2011 budget request for $3 billion in military aid to Israel. To see how much military aid to Israel your community provides, and what else that money [...]

Original Story here Iranian-born student risking deportation to push DREAM Act passage By TODD A. HEYWOOD 5/17/10 3:22 PM Mohammad Abdollahi in a Youtube video explaining his situation Mohammad Abdollahi of Ann Arbor came to America from Iran as a three-year-old when his father was accepted for a Ph.D. program at the University of Michigan. But due to an error in processing an immigration form — the family paid $20 less than required — their application to stay in the [...]