Advocates say we are witnessing “an ongoing mission to delegalize millions of people by eroding the very protections they rely on, DACA included” The Trump administration’s attacks on DACA recipients – from outrageously long renewal delays to wrongful detention and even deportation to countries they haven’t considered their home... Continue »
The administration’s mission to end the popular and successful DACA program, which turns 14 this week, has evolved into a broader effort to make legal status itself easier to take away This is a guest post by Juliana Macedo do Nascimento, Deputy Director of Advocacy and Campaigns for United... Continue »
DACA recipients and loved ones told lawmakers during a Senate forum that the administration’s mass deportation agenda has left their families in “constant fear” Maria de Jesus Estrada Juárez  – the DACA recipient who was wrongfully separated from her U.S. citizen daughter this past February despite holding valid deportation... Continue »
Renewal delays, detention, and deportation: The administration is making clear that young immigrants can no longer rely on DACA for protection The Trump administration has been hellbent on targeting immigrants who hold legal status and current protections – and not even the beneficiaries of one of the most popular... Continue »
“I am grateful to the court for recognizing that what happened to me was wrong and for bringing me home,” said Maria de Jesus Estrada Juárez. “But no one should have to go through this” DACA recipient Maria de Jesus Estrada Juárez – the California mom who was wrongly... Continue »
And they deserve permanent relief, now. “No daughter should have to live like this,” said the child of a recently-deported DACA recipient. “No family should be torn apart like this” A DACA recipient has blasted the Trump administration’s ongoing detention and deportation of Dreamers, unequivocally stating that the federal... Continue »
DHS has admitted to kicking out nearly 90 DACA recipients and detaining 261 others despite long-standing protections shielding them from deportation The U.S. government made a promise to the hundreds of thousands of long-settled immigrants who’ve applied and been approved for the DACA program: if you follow the rules,... Continue »
There’s power in standing up for each other The recent release of a number of unjustly detained immigrants shows there’s power in resistance and speaking out for our neighbors. In Texas, Paulo Cesar Gamez Lira and Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago recently won their release from ICE detention after being swept... Continue »
More and more Dreamers are getting swept up in the federal government’s anti-immigrant agenda despite holding work permits and protection from deportation under the popular and successful DACA program.  In southern California, a DACA recipient and rideshare driver who has called the U.S. his home for two decades, faces... Continue »
After claiming that he’d even reach out to Democrats to “work something out” for Dreamers, Trump is now telling hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who grew up here to self-deport Sadly, no real surprise here. Donald Trump and his anti-immigrant purge crew have made it clear to DACA... Continue »