DACA has been “a beacon of hope,” allowing young immigrants to “dream, live, and thrive without fear,” Dreamer Claudia Quiñonez said during a Washington, D.C. press event with members of Congress and allies marking the program’s 13th anniversary this week. Under the popular and successful program, hundreds of thousands...
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Jun 6, 2025
DACA and beneficiaries of the popular program are celebrating 13 years of successes Many Dreamers currently protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program have delivered for America and themselves. These bright young people who are American in every way except full legal status have transitioned from...
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Dreamer Ximena Arias-Cristobal, who has lived in the U.S. since she was four, “should never have been arrested,” her attorney said. “She should never have been put in this situation.” While Georgia Dreamer Ximena Arias-Cristobal is now free from ICE detention, her nightmare is nowhere close to over. During...
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Last year, the Biden administration did the right thing by issuing a rule that expanded ACA coverage to nearly 130,000 uninsured DACA recipients. Not only do Dreamers pay billions in tax dollars every year to help fund federal programs like Social Security and Medicare, it makes public health sense...
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Like you, we’re still taking in the results of November’s presidential election and what it means for the undocumented community in the U.S. when the new administration takes office in January. Many in our communities are uncertain of what the future holds. But as we try to regroup and...
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Hundreds gathered in New Orleans on Thursday ahead of a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals hearing in Texas v. United States, a GOP-led lawsuit that could determine the future of hundreds of thousands of American families that have been kept together thanks to the popular and successful DACA program....
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More than 16,000 American families in Ohio are “trapped in a cycle of fear and uncertainty” due to the state’s participation in a political lawsuit from corrupt Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Project 2025 allies that has blocked the Biden administration’s recent process protecting the undocumented immigrant spouses...
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Under immigration action announced by the Biden administration this week, hundreds of thousands of American families will be able to stay together and more fully contribute to their communities. Under President Biden’s plan, roughly 500,000 undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens will be eligible for a work permit, deportation protections,...
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Washington, DC — Tomorrow is the twelfth anniversary of the popular and successful Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. According to Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice: “The solution to providing permanent citizenship and protections for Dreamers is legislation two decades overdue and blocked by congressional Republicans....
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This week marks the 12th anniversary of DACA, the executive action that President Obama announced in 2012 allowing immigrant youth to legally work and stay in the US without fear of deportation. A lot has happened with DACA since then — after Donald Trump tried to end the program...
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