Join us on this national day of action to #DefendDACA at a rally for immigrant youth and immigrant families in front of the office of Rep. Dave Trott. We must demand Congress to step up and defend immigrant youth and immigrant families by passing a clean DREAM and HOPE act.
The Trump administration will make an announcement about the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA Program) and Temporary Protection Status (TPS). At the same time Trump is calling on congress to approve the anti-immigrant RAISE Act, and to pass a budget that would fund his border wall by cutting funding from healthcare and education from all Americans. These are all demands of the most extremist and racist groups of his base, at the expense of the real needs of the American people.
The DACA program and TPS have provided protections from deportations to immigrants and the ability to work and attend school. DACA benefits more than 800,000 young Immigrants and TPS protects more than 350,000 immigrant families from areas devastated by war and natural disasters. These programs have wide bipartisan support. On the contrary, the RAISE Act aims to cut the number of visas issued every year by half, making it even more difficult or impossible for families to ever get reunited in their lifetime. Trump is caving to the demands of the most racist at the expense of healthcare, education and the needs of every American.