Friend,
Earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and whether Donald Trump was right to end it the way he did in 2017.
As you may know, DACA was fought for by Dreamers and created by President Obama in 2012. It protects undocumented young adults from deportation and allows them to legally work.
About 700,000 immigrant youth across the country have DACA. On average, they arrived in the U.S. when they were 7 years old and have been here for more than 20 years. They are teachers, nurses, doctors, business owners, engineers, first responders, students, and parents. They own homes, have mortgages, and are raising children.
Yet in 2017, Trump tried to end the program, leaving these hundreds of thousands of Dreamers in limbo.
This week, immigrant allies and DACA recipients from across the country made their way to Washington, D.C. to stand in front of the Supreme Court and say #HomeIsHere for undocumented youth and their families. See the photos here.
It is unclear when the Court will make its decision on DACA, but the ruling could be announced any time between January and June of 2020. In the best-case scenario, the Court could decide that Trump’s ending of DACA was unlawful, preserving the program and allowing new applications. Click here to learn more about the three potential outcomes of the case.
Regardless of the outcome, here’s what we do know for sure: Dreamers and their families should be able to live and work here, in the country they call home. DACA is popular and ending it is a bad political move for Trump. We won’t let this Administration end DACA without a fight.
In the meantime, you can help immigrant youth renew their DACA applications by making a small donation here. DACA renewal fees are expensive and whatever amount you can give helps immigrant youth stay in this country.
Can’t make a donation? No problem. Help spread the word on the importance of DACA and encourage the DACA recipients in your life to renew their applications.
Thank you,
Juana
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