The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program celebrated its two-year anniversary last Friday. To celebrate DACA’s anniversary, a range of voices are highlighting the program’s success – for the nearly 600,000 DACA recipients and for the country as a whole. As many of these voices make clear, DACA’s...
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Two years ago today, DREAMers across America lined up for blocks to begin applying for deferred action (DACA), the program which today gives half million young immigrants protection from deportation, a work permit and the ability to pursue the American Dream, mobility via driver’s licenses, and much more. Two years later,...
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Today marks the two-year anniversary of the implementation of the President’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for DREAMers. This was arguably the most important immigration policy change in decades and one that has changed the lives of nearly 600,000 young immigrants who are Americans in all but paperwork....
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Steve King held another town hall event in New Hampton, Iowa today, where he took a question from a DREAMer constituent — and then promptly shut her down. Monica Reyes, a resident of New Hampton, Iowa — part of King’s district — organized and turned out 20 people to King’s...
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UWD “Dreams from Our Families” Campaign Shares Personal Dreams on Behalf of Family Members & Makes Case for Why Obama Needs to Take Broad Executive Action on Immigration Following the launch of United We Dream’s (UWD) “Dreams from Our Families” campaign, today UWD releases the latest “Dream of the...
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Last night, we wrote about Erika Andiola’s confrontation with Steve King, and how she dared him to rip up her DACA card. This morning, however, the heat is on Rand Paul, who was in the video shot but stood up and bolted away as soon as he heard that...
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This entire Congressional session, House Republicans have refused to take action on real immigration reform, preferring to vote multiple times in favor of ending DACA and deporting DREAMers. The latest of these votes came last week and the House Republican driving them has been super-extremist Rep. Steve King (R-IA). Since...
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The following is a press release from United We Dream: See pictures and video of event here. This afternoon, more than 40 Dreamers and immigrant workers from United We Dream, the New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice and America’s Voice held a press conference in front of the...
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Jul 21, 2014
Today, immigration reform advocates with United We Dream are holding a mock funeral for the Republican Party to signify the GOP’s impending electoral doom. Republicans know they need to attract more Latino voters to stay viable as a party — yet the House has refused to take action on...
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Rep. Darrell Issa took an extreme step when he suggested that a good response to children fleeing violence story is to end DACA — and resume deporting DREAMers. Today, United We DREAM and other advocates let him know what they think about that idea, with a takeover of his...
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