John,
My name is Ju Hong. I serve on Immigrants Rising’s Leadership Council, and I am now facing a major crisis. I need your help.
Last week, I was let go from my job with Alameda County and lost my health insurance because my DACA expired. Although I submitted my DACA application in March, well within the renewal window, I learned that USCIS has not even assigned an adjudications officer to review my application. It remains pending at this time.
What’s more, I recently learned that many other DACA recipients and DACA-eligible young people are dealing with the same problem.1 This is unacceptable.
I need your support to make sure that DACA renewals for me and thousands of other undocumented young people are processed.
My loved ones depend on my livelihood, and I have a chronic illness that requires regular care. If left untreated, I have a high risk of developing life-threatening complications. Not to mention that I am also now back to where I was in 2012 before DACA: at risk of deportation and separation from my family.
I am asking for your help to call my U.S. representatives to contact USCIS to expedite my DACA case as soon as possible. You can help me and others by calling our elected representatives, leaders in Congress, and the White House. The link also has a sample script you can use to call.
DACA is not enough — we need a permanent solution for our community members immediately. No one’s life should depend on a USCIS backlog. We must demand that the Biden Administration and Congress deliver a pathway to citizenship for all NOW!
If you are dealing with the same problem, check out DACA Processing Delays Toolkit here.
We are all in this together. All 11 million of us.
In solidarity,
Ju
Ju Hong
Leadership Council
Immigrants Rising
1According to CBS News: “As of March 31, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) had a backlog of more than 55,000 pending first-time DACA applications,” in addition to over 44,000 renewal requests. As of March 2021: Less than 800 — or roughly 1.5% of applicants in that period — of 50,000 received between January and March 2021 have been approved. |
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