Apr 25, 2023
Republicans push racist zero-sum argument seeking to keep Dreamers in permanent second-class status On April 13, 2023, the Biden administration announced that they are finalizing a proposed rule to expand healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Ace (ACA) to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. While the...
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Hace 12 años, en 2010, en otra sesión de un Congreso saliente y con otro presidente demócrata, Barack Obama, que perdió la Cámara Baja ante los republicanos, hubo un intento de aprobar el Dream Act. El esfuerzo avanzó en la Cámara de Representantes, pero no pudo reunir los 60...
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The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is again under threat from a politicized legal challenge from Republicans – as it has been for the past 10 years. Republicans’ anti-immigrant judicial pipeline looks like it will deliver a severe blow any day now. A panel of conservative judges...
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Fearmonger at the Border; Challenge DACA in the Courts; Cite Border Security Excuse to Justify Obstruction in Congress Washington, DC – A Dallas News story by Todd Gillman highlights the tenuous future of the popular and successful Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program due to Republican-led legal challenges....
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Jul 7, 2022
Mientras un Tribunal de Apelaciones de Nueva Orleáns escuchaba argumentos sobre la legalidad de DACA —y defensores de los Dreamers exponían los aportes de este grupo de jóvenes a la economía y la fibra de esta nación—, funcionarios condales en el Sur de Texas exigen que el gobernador Greg Abbott...
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El 15 de junio marca el décimo aniversario de la orden ejecutiva que giró el expresidente Barack Obama creando la Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA), que ha otorgado permisos de trabajo y amparo de la deportación a miles de jóvenes indocumentados que llegaron antes de...
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Today Vice President Kamala Harris met with DACA recipients and immigrant rights advocates to discuss the devastating DACA ruling from Texas last week and why citizenship must happen this year via reconciliation or other means. These champions of the movement had a simple message: immigrant communities cannot wait any...
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Jul 21, 2021
Through Reconciliation, Democrats in Congress gear up to deliver on behalf of Dreamers, TPSers, farm workers and other essential workers Washington, DC – Democrats from across the spectrum are consolidating their position and gearing up to deliver citizenship for millions of immigrants as part of their larger Build Back...
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El nuevo ataque contra los Dreamers el fin de semana pasado puede considerarse una muestra más de la ineficiencia intelectual de quienes se oponen a la inmigración de esos miles de jóvenes que no conocen otro país más que Estados Unidos y al que llaman hogar desde hace mucho...
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Jul 20, 2021
“They use us as ‘piñatas’ – as something political. But we have to stop this. We need something permanent.” Washington, DC – Dreamers are reacting to Judge Andrew Hanen’s anti-DACA ruling by stressing the urgency of enacting legislation that creates pathways to citizenship for undocumented immigrants this year. But...
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