Two new reports from the Center for American Progress (CAP) continue to highlight the significant successes of the popular  Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The first piece examines their contributions to Medicare and Social Security, while the second focuses on entrepreneurship and economic contributions.  The CAP article,... Continue »
Two contestants are making herstory on the new season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Geneva Karr, who is originally from Mexico and lives in Texas, and Xunami Muse, who is originally from Panama and lives in New York, are the first DACA recipients to compete on the Emmy winning series,... Continue »
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, DACA-eligible individuals, lawmakers and allies marked the 11th anniversary of the program on Thursday. While 580,000 immigrants are currently protected by DACA, impeached Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has led the extremist campaign to terminate these protections through the anti-immigrant judicial pipeline.... Continue »
DACA recipient Eliana Fernandez on years of GOP litigation: “Every time there is a hearing or as we await a verdict, I not only have to prepare myself but also my children, my parents, my brother and the rest of my family. This is exhausting and terrifying.” Juan Carlos... Continue »
Supreme Court Could Allow Trump to Kill Popular, Successful Program Monday not only represents another potential Supreme Court decision day for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, but also the 8-year anniversary of President Obama’s Rose Garden speech announcing the creation of DACA. In the subsequent 8... Continue »
Six years ago today, the life of thousands of undocumented youth changed for the better in an instant. On August 15, 2012, the federal government started accepting applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that was created by President Barack Obama earlier that summer. Tens of... Continue »
One of the first immigration battles of the incoming Trump administration will center on the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and the 1.9 million DACA-eligible young people across America who could benefit from the program, including 13,000 young people who are DACA-eligible in Ohio. DACA is an... Continue »
One of the first immigration battles of the incoming Trump administration will center on the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and the 1.9 million DACA-eligible young people across America who could benefit from the program, including 102,000 young people who are DACA-eligible in Florida. DACA is an... Continue »
One of the first immigration battles of the incoming Trump administration centers on the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and the more than 750,000 young people it benefits. Despite DACA’s popularity and unqualified success, President-elect Trump, with the near-unanimous support of fellow Republicans, pledged to revoke DACA... Continue »
Denisse Rojas, a medical school student and DACA recipient from California, writes in a personal testimony how the program transformed her life and called on members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject anti-immigrant Jeff Sessions’ nomination for Attorney General. Denisse, who was present at yesterday’s Senate Judiciary hearing, writes that... Continue »