Today, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)!

For over 800,000 immigrant youth, their loved ones and communities, this is both a huge win and sigh of relief.

For Daniel Leon-Davis, an intern turned Board Member with Advancement Project National Office, this win is particularly special. A native Venezuelan, Daniel lived in Florida with his mother as an undocumented immigrant for 19 years. He has made it his life’s work and mission to fight for other undocumented immigrant youth through art and activism.

Like Daniel, our friend and member of Puente Human Rights Movement, Natally Cruz, says today’s decision is a huge relief for 25,000 DACA recipients in Arizona, including 6,800 DACA recipients who are COVID-19 frontline workers here in the state. Natally, a DACA recipient herself, has spent time over the past few years supporting countless DACA recipients, speaking with families every day whose loved ones are currently detained.

Immigrant youth, their families, and allies have been organizing and fighting to protect DACA since the program was wrongly rescinded in 2017. This win is a testament to the power of the movement!

Although a MAJOR win for thousands of immigrant youth across the country, this is a temporary reprieve, as we readily expect the Trump administration attempt to rescind DACA once more.

Therefore, our fight does not end here.

In support of our partners, including United We Dream and the UndocuBlack Network, we are making the following demands:

• Demand Trump and USCIS immediately accept DACA renewals and new DACA applications and restore the DACA program to its original state before termination.
• Congress: Pass permanent protections and solutions that help people without hurting people; include at minimum extensions of DACA and TPS work permits and protection from deportation for immigrants in any stimulus packages moving through Congress to address COVID-19; and defund ICE & CBP.
• State/Local Leaders
  • Get ICE and CBP out of our communities
  • Sign onto United We Dream’s pledge
  • Work to provide free COVID-19 testing, treatment and services for all, regardless of immigration status.
• In defense of Black lives, we call for the defunding of police, investments in Black communities and ending the war on Black people.

We must, and will continue working at the local and federal level to decriminalize migration until communities of color are #FreeAndSafe.

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