Congress Must Act Now to Protect Dreamers—the Economic Recovery Can’t Wait

Since the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was introduced in 2012, it’s been a rocky nine years for Dreamers who have weathered on-again, off-again threats that they could be stripped of their protection from deportation at any time. That threat is closer than ever to coming true, now that a court has struck
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Dreamers won full reinstatement of DACA… What now?

Nearly six months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration’s termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was unlawful, the government refused to comply with the ruling, sending Dreamers back to court to enforce it. On Dec. 4, a federal court in New York ordered the government to fully
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Despite Supreme Court win, Dreamers remain in limbo

Despite a major win in the Supreme Court, which ruled on June 18 that the Trump administration improperly terminated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Dreamers remain in limbo, their fate closely tied to the election that is two months away. There are an estimated 800,000 Dreamers, and about 90% are working for
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