Learn More About Marie / Press Coverage

Since 2001, when the Gonzalez family was targeted by the government and placed under deportation proceedings, Marie has become a key leader in the national effort to pass the DREAM Act. Marie has been featured on television shows and countless news and magazine articles. Read more about Marie by clicking on the links below.

"Teen Can Stay; Parents Must Go" CBS News, The Early Show (July 5, 2005)

"Please Let Me Stay" CBS News, The Early Show (July 1, 2005)

"Hoping for a Miracle" By William Fisher, Inter Press Service News Agency (June 30, 2005)

"As departure deadline looms, deportation fight falters" By David A. Lieb, Associated Press (June 30, 2005)

"Si nos tenemos que ir, nos vamos" By Leticia Espinosa, HOY Internet (June 30, 2005)

"A clock ticks on family's dream; after 14 years, deportation looms" By David Goldstein, Kansas City Star (June 29, 2005)

"A Deportation Tragedy" By Harold Meyerson, Washington Post (June 29, 2005)

“Ultimo Esfuerzo Para Evitar Deportacion,” Univision Online (June 29, 2005)

We Are Marie site mentioned on AudioActivism.org (June 28, 2005)

Marie’s story on Latina Lista weblog (June 28, 2005)

“The Deportation of Marie” by Carrie Kilman, Tolerance.org (June 28, 2005)

Honors Graduate Faces Deportation (press release) (June 1, 2005, PDF 28k)

"ALL-AMERICAN” FAMILY PREPARES FOR LAST 4TH OF JULY (press release) (May 24, 2005)

Associated Press (May 20, 2005, PDF 63k)

Tolerance.org (May 19,2005)

KC Hispanic News

LATINA Magazine (December 2004/January 2005, PDF 34k)