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Dreamers March, Protest In DC To Save DACA

March 6, 2018 Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance , ,
Washington, DC - A group of Dreamers, recipients of Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status that allow undocumented immigrants who arrived in the US as children to remain, marched 250 miles from New York City to Washington, DC to push members of Congress to restore DACA. They are taking action with allies who joined them in DC this week. Here are a few reports.

DREAMers Arrested, More Protests Planned

December 18, 2017 ,
Congress has passed a short-term spending bill, delaying the final decision about whether or not to include a clean DREAM Act until December 22nd. In response, we will be taking massive nonviolent direct action in Washington DC and in cities nationwide on December 18th-22nd, starting on the 7th anniversary of when the original DREAM Act died in the Senate, to demand permanent protection for all undocumented youth. This is our best shot at passing the Dream act, we can and must win before the end of the year. We have 11 days to make this happen; we cannot do this without you. Join us on December 18th in Washington D.C. or organize a local action to ensure a clean Dream Act granting permanent protection to undocumented youth is included in the year-end spending bill.

The Moral Obligation To Provide Sanctuary

December 11, 2017 Roxana Tynan, huffingtonpost.com , , ,
Other unions and employers can take additional steps to provide protections. Companies and nonprofits should have a plan in place for how to respond in the case of a workplace raid. They should develop systems to keep worker documentation offsite. They should also consult with immigration attorneys to offer legal clinics for employees. When it comes to city and statewide policy efforts to advance sanctuary, California has made us proud. SB 54, the California Values Act, sponsored by Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León, passed in Sept. with a 27-11 vote along party lines, and was signed into law Oct. 5 by Gov. Brown. This legislation prevents state and local law enforcement from aiding federal immigration agents unless someone is convicted of a certain category of crimes. Other efforts in California that were recently passed and signed into law include two bills sponsored by Assemblymember David Chiu. AB 291, the Immigrant Tenant Protection Act, and AB 450, the Employment regulation: Immigration Worksite Enforcement Actions Act, mandate immigrant protections in rental housing and at work.

Macy’s Day Parade Blocked By Undocumented Youth

November 23, 2017 Roberto Juarez, www.PopularResistance.org , , ,
By Roberto Juarez for Cosecha. “Undocumented youth are refusing to put our destiny in the hands of establishment politicians. We are choosing to fight for the dignity of our entire immigrant community, and that begins with us. We are your classmates, your coworkers, and your neighbors” said Hector-Jario Martinez, one of the Undocumented Youth who was arrested at the Macy’s Day Parade. “We are not just the future of this country, but we are also the present workers that it depends on. We are millions of young undocumented students and workers who are the backbones of our schools, industries, and communities. We are calling on our community members to stand up and fight for our right to work and live in this country. “

Asian-Americans Arrested At Paul Ryan’s Office Pushing For Dream Act

November 20, 2017 Kimberly Yam, huffingtonpost.com , ,
By Kimberly Yam for The Huffington Post - The push for the Dream Act, a longstanding wish of immigration reformers, has grown all the stronger since the Trump administration announced it would terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program back in September. DACA was shielding some 800,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation. Some 21,000 of the 154,000 who were eligible to renew their DACA protections at least one more time were not able to do so by the Oct. 5 deadline. Congress now has until March 2018 to find some other way to protect those young people from being deported. While most Dreamers hail from Latin American countries, there were many Asian-Americans who were eligible for DACA as well. Some 16,000 undocumented Asian youth were shielded by the Obama-era program. And currently, there are about 1.7 million undocumented Asian immigrants in the U.S. The group represents the fastest growing demographic among undocumented immigrants.

Mass Protest For DREAM Act on Capitol Hill

November 9, 2017 Kevin Zeese, www.PopularResistance.org , ,
By Kevin Zeese for Popular Resistance. A large crowd of protesters came to Washington, DC and gathered on Capitol Hill on Thursday taking over the Hart Senate Office Building in a mass protest as well as at events around the country. They are urging lawmakers to pass legislation to help "Dreamers" with a permanent fix for the status of young immigrants who came to the country as children without documents. These youth have been able to remain in the U.S. as part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program which President Trump promises to halt. We Are Here To Stay called for the November 9th protest writing that they have one month to resolve the issue in Congress: DACA provided a pathway for undocumented immigrant youth to achieve their dreams. Those dreams are now on the line. If you’re outraged at Trump for killing DACA, for fulfilling a sick white supremacist scheme to terrorize immigrant youth and their families, join us on November 9th and be a dream defender where hundreds of Immigrant youth, allies, business leaders, and people of faith are descending on the Capitol to resist Trump’s attacks on immigrants and to demand a clean Dream Act.
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