Hi friend, I’m Kelvin — and I’m a DACA recipient.
Growing up in Los Angeles, my mother worked at a psychiatric hospital and would take multiple buses early in the morning to get to work, and my dad worked as a mechanic.
My parents worked hard so my younger siblings and I could have better opportunities.
Having graduated from Georgetown last year, and now working a dream job in tech in New York City, feels emblematic of the power of opportunity my parents were able to give me.
But my DACA status makes it all feel fleeting, knowing at any moment, a wayward court could throw it all into disarray.
Even though I have DACA, my younger brother was too young to apply before first-time applications were cruelly stopped by an anti-immigrant judge last year — in a decision that was held up by the Fifth Circuit Court in November.
I’ve seen his opportunities diminish or be completely taken away simply because of his immigration status.
As a member of the group of DACA recipients who met with White House officials last month, I made clear to one of President Biden’s Senior Advisers: enough was enough — this back and forth and lack of opportunities for me, my brothers, and others like us has gone on for too long.
I told her that we needed leaders like President Biden to make passing a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients and immigrant youth their top priority before the end of the year.
United We Dream Action has been sounding the alarm about the threat to DACA for years, and we’ve never been closer to securing permanent protections.
Now, we need your help to reach the finish line. Make a donation today to help United We Dream Action hit our end-of-year goal and secure permanent protections for DACA recipients and immigrant youth, like me and my brothers.
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Thank for your solidarity,
Kelvin, United We Dream Action
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