"For these families, make no mistake America is home. Every day they help to make our communities better and our economy stronger. That's the case we plan to make to the Senate parliamentarian once again" - @SenatorDurbin on U.S. Senate Floor #ForOurFamilies#WeAreHome
I've lived in the US since I was 10 years old but like millions of undocumented immigrants my future remains uncertain.
Read my @hrw dispatch urging Congress to create a pathway to citizenship now.
Our lives, and my future, hang in the balance. #WeAreHome
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Dreamers are vital members of our community - they are our teachers, frontline heath care workers, business owners, service members, and an integral part of American life.
It's time to pass immigration reform that includes a permanent solution for Dreamers.
I am always always always on the side of DACA recipients and other undocumented people reaching their goals and breaking through everything that stands in their way.
It reminds us that we are stronger than our immigration status.
If you:
⚪️Have never called anywhere but America home
⚪️Are working here, paying taxes, and contributing to our economy
⚪️Are a Dreamer, essential worker, farmworker or TPS holder
You deserve a pathway to citizenship. RT if you agree.
The clock is now officially ticking. Hundreds of thousands of DACA holders now join millions of undocumented immigrants who have built their lives in the U.S. yet are vulnerable at any moment to detention and deportation. 1/6
Once again, the fate of thousands of Dreamers has been thrown into limbo.
We can't let the future of #DACA recipients hang in the balance.
The time to act is now. This Senate will work to provide a pathway to citizenship for our Dreamers.
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This judge ruled DACA is illegal because it was done by executive action (Obama in 2012) rather than legislation. It will be appealed, but Circuit and Supreme Court both look like iffy propositions to reverse.
However: Congress can fix this by passing legislation.
Why did a group of GOP Attorney General's led by Trump's BFF Texas AG Ken Paxton bring the lawsuit to end DACA? Simple, It's a combo of white supremacy and cruelty. That is the GOP's brand.
This cruel and misguided act of judicial fiat is the culmination of a longstanding Republican campaign to deport Dreamers. Congress will now act quickly – with or without the party of Donald Trump – to allow these Americans to finally become citizens.
Thinking of all the amazing DACAmented folks who were probably winding down the work week, ready to relax, but instead have to figure out the meaning of yet another racist attack on immigrants
Anything short of reconciliation is performative #CitizenshipNow
DACA has successfully transformed hundreds of thousands of lives, like Daniela. Congress has no time to lose and must pass a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, TPS holders, farmworkers & essential workers
Call Now:
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.@POTUS: “It is my fervent hope that through reconciliation or other means, Congress will finally provide security to all Dreamers, who have lived too long in fear." #WeAreHome