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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Young immigrants, advocacy organizations, lawmakers, community members, and allies are set to mark the 12th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program this upcoming Saturday with several in-person and virtual rallies, press briefings, and educational opportunities around the country this week. Events are set for states...
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Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: As if it were not enough to be in suspense over the future of DACA in the courts, potentially...
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Mitchell Soto-Rodriguez, the first DACA recipient to be sworn in as a police officer in Illinois’ Blue Island community, was among voices calling for permanent relief for young undocumented immigrants during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. While the program has allowed her to pursue her professional dreams...
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The overwhelming majority of undocumented immigrant youth who graduated from high school in 2023 can’t apply for protections under the DACA program and are at risk of missing out on the same professional and educational opportunities available to their U.S.-born peers, The Nation reports. “Around 80 percent of the...
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Washington, DC — Today, the Biden Administration announced a rule to extend ACA access to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. The following are reactions from Yuna Oh and Vanessa Cárdenas of America’s Voice: According to Yuna Oh, Research Associate for America’s Voice, who is a DACA recipient...
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Ahead of this upcoming International Workers’ Day, a day to celebrate the achievements of workers and the labor movement, we recognize and honor the laborers – millions of whom are immigrants – who are critical to our everyday lives and national economy through their work caring for our loved...
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The recent saga around actor J. Antonio Rodriguez’s abrupt departure from his hit musical production shines an important light on the continued need for permanent relief for 600,000 immigrants protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Last month, Rodriguez had to withdraw from the “Hadestown” musical,...
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