From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): Now that President Trump has rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Congress has limited time to protect dreamers from deportation and pass the Dream Act.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 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
Posted at http://www.epi.org/blog/ending-daca-lowers-wages-and-tax-revenue-and-degrades-labor-standards/ Posted September 5, 2017 at 2:06 pm by Daniel Costa This morning Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump administration will “wind down,” and in six months, end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a Department of Homeland … 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
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/09/04/immigrant-groups-mobilize-combat-trumps-cruel-and-heartless-plan-end-daca Published on Monday, September 04, 2017 by Common Dreams Trump will reportedly end protections for young undocumented immigrants, with a six-month delay By Julia Conley, staff writer Protesters held a March to Defend DACA and Immigrants in … 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
Adapted from an alert from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (Por favor lea esto en Español) The Dream Act of 2017 (S. 1615 / HR. 3440) was recently introduced in Congress as a bipartisan effort. The bills are intended … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): Last week, reports suggested that President Trump is seriously considering terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which would place nearly 800,000 immigrant youth at immediate risk of deportation. This move would mean … Continued