Folks, today was a major victory for nearly 700,000 DREAMers — nearly 150,000 of which live in Texas — and for our country’s values.
Since the beginning of his presidency, President Trump has attacked the DACA program, an Obama-era executive order that allowed noncitizens brought to this country as children to apply for protection from deportation. Today, the Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration, making good on the promise our country made to these young people years ago.
The data is undeniable — DREAMers make our country stronger. They are our teachers, our first responders, and our health care workers — they are American in every sense of the word. And today, they were finally given the respect and dignity every single one of them deserves.
But, let’s be clear: there is nothing stopping the Trump administration from trying to end DACA again. We need a legislative fix, so no administration — not this one or another — can again use these young people as political pawns.
If you’re with me in this very important fight to fix our broken immigration system, will you chip in $20 to my campaign to help me get to Washington where I will proudly fight for what truly makes our country so great?
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Let’s build off of today’s incredible victory and not stop until we have a fair and compassionate immigration system in America.
In service,
Gina Ortiz Jones
Gina Ortiz Jones is an Iraq War veteran running to flip TX-23 -- Democrats' best shot in the entire country at flipping a district from red to blue.
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