Posted at https://www.clasp.org/blog/5-things-you-should-know-about-daca-youth-trump-administration-and-congress By Kisha Bird A little over a month ago, the Trump administration announced it was rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Since 2012, DACA has provided work authorization and temporary relief from deportation to approximately 800,000 young … Continued
The White House decided to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and is forcing Congress to address the needs of nearly 800,000 hard working Americans. October 12, 6:00 pm Goodwin Memorial Family Life Center, 2430 N. 3rd … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): Now that President Trump has rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Congress has limited time to protect dreamers from deportation and pass the Dream Act. DACA has provided nearly 800,000 immigrant youth the … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): Faith communities are calling on Congress to act immediately and pass a clean Dream Act of 2017. The Dream Act would not only protect DACA recipients from deportation and detention, it would also create … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org): Last week’s announcement by AG Sessions ending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) upended the lives of almost 800,000 DACA recipients and their families. For those young people whose DACA permit expires … Continued
From OneAmerica Votes (http://www.oavotes.org/): On September 5, the President ended the DACA program putting into jeopardy the future of nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrant youth who grew up in the United States and know no other home. OneAmerica helped spark a … Continued
From the National Immigration Law Center (http://www.nilc.org): Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced that DACA has been terminated. The administration has turned its back on the DACA recipients who had earlier been assured they had “nothing to worry about” and … Continued
From Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): President Trump just turned the dreams of 800,000 young immigrants into nightmares. By ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which gave work permits and deportation relief to undocumented youth known as … Continued
On behalf of the Pennsylvania Council of Churches, we are deeply concerned over the president’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. We grieve this action, which will create fear and suffering within our immigrant communities, … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): If you need resources around faith vigils, Rev. Deborah Lee from Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (www.im4humanintegrity.org) has offered up the resources at the following link for a liturgy and order of service. Click … Continued