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Friend,

I wanted to reach out to you about recent developments that make it seem very unlikely that Congress will pass any protections for DACA recipients and Dreamers into law by the end of this year.

This news is terrible, entirely unacceptable, and devastating — for our entire country, but more acutely for the two million people and their millions of family members who are being failed by this country.

But even with these recent developments, this is not a message of defeat – but one of gratitude, hope, and commitment. While the DACA program has provided life-changing protections for millions, it was never meant as a permanent substitute for the pathway to citizenship that DACA recipients and Dreamers deserve and that will benefit our entire country. Their home is here and FWD.us will never give up this fight.

I want to express my highest esteem and gratitude for the incredible leadership of DACA recipients and Dreamers across the country, along with every single FWD.us supporter who signed a petition, called Congress, or took action to protect the millions of immigrants hurt by this country's broken immigration system.

It’s clear that right now, DACA remains under urgent, existential threat, and will likely be terminated by the courts in the near future. Here is what everyone needs to remember about the lives at stake:

There are 600,000 DACA recipients today and another 400,000 young individuals who are DACA-eligible but have been barred from applying because of the punitive chaos in the courts. These million people deserve so much more than the United States Congress failing them and repeated attacks in the courts.

The average DACA recipient came to this country at the age of six and has lived in the United States for just under a quarter century. DACA has allowed people to do amazing, transformative things in this country.

Finally, Congress’s failure means that if the DACA program ends, the result will be approximately 1,000 DACA recipients being put at risk of deportation — every single day — for the next two years. Quite simply, this would be a disaster.

FWD.us’ immediate response will be to continue to push through every available avenue to prevent this devastation to millions of our families, friends, and neighbors.

We will continue that fight — but we know our work will not be done until we build a truly humane and modern immigration system, and provide a pathway to citizenship for all undocumented immigrants.

If you or a family member has DACA and has questions about what this means for you, I encourage you to visit www.informedimmigrant.com or reach out with more questions.
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Sending you and yours my sincere thanks for all you've done this year. We couldn’t do this difficult but important work without you. Our entire team is humbled and honored to be in this fight with you.

Todd Schulte
President, FWD.us

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