PHOENIX, AZ – Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-07) joined Arizona immigrant youth to discuss how the repeal of DACA will affect immigrant youth and their families and to commit to pushing policies locally and nationally to protect the 800,000 Dreamers from deportation. In Rep. Gallego’s district, there are 10,000 DACA-recipients and over 15,000 who are DACA-eligible. Congressman … Continue reading »
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Fast Approaching Decision Deadlines for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) For 300k Immigrants Could Have Devastating Economic Consequences
NEW CAP Report Shows GDP Loss Could Be $164 Billion State-by-State Breakdown Here 11/6/17 Decision deadline for 59,550 Hondurans and Nicaraguans: 17 DAYS 11/23/17 Decision deadline for 50,000 Haitians: 34 DAYS 01/08/18 Decision deadline for 195,000 Salvadorans: 80 DAYS A recording of today’s press call is available here. In a press call this morning, economic, legal, and policy experts highlighted the disastrous economic impacts … Continue reading »
Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro Joins Local Leaders and Dreamers to Call on Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Will Hurd to Pass a Clean Dream Act
For a recording of today’s call, click here. San Antonio, TX – On a press call today, Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro joined local DACA recipients Oscar Hernandez and Damaris Gonzalez, and Mario Carrillo, Director of America’s Voice Texas, to discuss why a legislative solution for Dreamers is so urgent for Texas and America, and … Continue reading »
ICYMI: “‘All she ever knew was America’: This high school athlete had a plan. Then DACA was rescinded.”
The Washington Post’s Jesse Dougherty has a new must-read on the tight rope that Dreamer and high school volleyball player Nicolle Uria is walking. Like all Dreamers, Nicolle grew up American – her family emigrated from Bolivia when she was just one year old. She didn’t learn she was undocumented until she was a teen: “You’re undocumented,” her parents told … Continue reading »
ICYMI: Bishop Who Chairs the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops Committee on Migration Urges Extension of Temporary Protected Status, Legislative Solution
11/6/17 Decision deadline for 59,550 Hondurans and Nicaraguans: 18 DAYS 11/23/17 Decision deadline for 50,000 Haitians:35 DAYS 01/08/18 Decision deadline for 195,000 Salvadorans: 81 DAYS The Catholic News Service reports that the Chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Migration, Bishop Joe Vasquez, is urging Americans to advocate for an extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and, eventually, a legislative solution … Continue reading »