Friend, Today, a U.S. district court in Texas ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is unlawful. This decision was in response to an anti-immigrant lawsuit led by Texas and other states challenging the DACA program’s legality. What this means: The federal government is blocked from granting any new first-time DACA applications. IMPORTANT: People with DACA will not lose their protections, and for now pending renewal applications will be adjudicated, and current DACA recipients can continue to submit renewal applications. We encourage anyone who is eligible to renew their DACA to do so. Immigrant youth have lived through years of politically motivated attacks on DACA that put them at risk of being separated from their loved ones and being deported. This decision again upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients — so it’s crucial that Congress act now. |
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President Biden and the majority of Americans support a pathway to citizenship, so what is Congress waiting for? A pathway to citizenship is the only way to permanently protect hundreds of thousands of immigrants whose home is here. This fight for immigrants’ rights and racial justice is going to take each of us, . I hope that you’ll join us in calling on Congress every single day until a pathway to citizenship is passed. Sincerely, Avideh Moussavian Director of Federal Advocacy, National Immigration Law Center |
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