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Fixing the harmful immigration and criminal justice systems that have locked too many out of the American dream for too long.
Joined April 2013
Must-Watch: @HallieJackson report on @NBCNightlyNews - as Jesus awaits a decision on #DACA - he continues to serve as a paramedic in Houston
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NOW: #DACA recipients and plaintiffs are walking into the Supreme Court for oral arguments! #SCOTUS #HomeIsHere
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We're so thankful to announce that @United is jumping in & helping to reunite families. This partnership with United allows us to be able to provide travel to reunited families to get to their next destination with dignity. Thanks for your generosity United! #FlightsforFamilies.
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Dalia is a Dreamer and guest for #SOTU w/ @RepLujanGrisham. Dalia recently obtained her Masters Degree in Clinical Social Work and is a proud Dreamer from New Mexico. #ProtectDreamers
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It is an honor to host @giselefetterman, a formerly undocumented person, who shared her story with 100 #DACA recipients to a roaring applause. Thank you for your support as we call on Congress to deliver permanent protections for Dreamers before the end of this year. #HomeIsHere
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NEW: "I want us to see us finally, finally provide Dreamers, TPS recipients, farm workers, essential workers, a pathway to citizenship" - @POTUS at White House today #WeAreHome
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NEW: 150 Dreamers from 20 states are in DC this week to urge Congress to act to #ProtectDreamers by Jan 19th. Consequences of their inaction mean an additional 1,200 Dreamers losing protections every single day. To find out how to get involved, visit #DACA
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Congress should pass the Keeping Our Promise Act to protect tens of thousands of diversity visa winners from losing their once-in-a-lifetime chance to immigrate to the U.S. @RepRitchie and @EddieATaveras explain:
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86% of all Americans and 79% of Republicans agree that Congress should #ProtectDreamers from deportation.
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Congress should pass the Keeping Our Promise Act to protect tens of thousands of diversity visa winners from losing their once-in-a-lifetime chance to immigrate to the U.S. @RepRitchie and @EddieATaveras explain:
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"It's one of the biggest stories of the election season -- early voting data reveals record turnout among Latinos" - @KatyTurNBC
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Congress should pass the Keeping Our Promise Act to protect tens of thousands of diversity visa winners from losing their once-in-a-lifetime chance to immigrate to the U.S. @RepRitchie and @EddieATaveras explain:
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Today 6 #DACA recipients will meet w/ Pres Biden to talk about the importance of passing a path to citizenship. This meeting is a testament to the courage of countless Dreamers, their families, & allies across the country who fought to bring us to this historic moment. #WeAreHome
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Marissa has lived in the US since she was nine years old. She's a teacher, advocate, daughter and #DACA recipient. Marissa will be at the Supreme Court on Tuesday as #SCOTUS hears oral arguments on the DACA cases. Support Marissa and her family, watch their story. #HomeIsHere
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BREAKING: Documents made public by new @HouseJudiciary report confirm the Trump Administration had no plan to reunify separated parents with their children. Family separation must end in 2020 #ForOurFamilies. Read full report here: #RestoreAsylumNow
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MUST-WATCH: Ivonne, New Mexico Teacher of the Year, is attending tonight's #SOTU as a guest of Sen @MartinHeinrich. When her #DACA expires, she faces the risk of deportation. On @CBSEveningNews she talked about what this uncertainty means for her & the students in her classroom.
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What’s at stake today? For over 700,000 immigrants, #DACA provides work authorization and protection from deportation in the only home they’ve ever known. The Supreme Court will now decide their future. Meet the people fighting for a more inclusive America. Their #HomeIsHere.
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.@RepJoeKennedy stands #withDREAMers
Rep. Joe Kennedy: DREAMers ‘are as American as anybody else. This land is in fact theirs as well.’
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Today, help us flood the internet with love and support for immigrants! Join #ToImmigrantsWithLove Day of Action:
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Congress should pass the Keeping Our Promise Act to protect tens of thousands of diversity visa winners from losing their once-in-a-lifetime chance to immigrate to the U.S. @RepRitchie and @EddieATaveras explain:
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“I believe we must pass immigration reform legislation before the end of the year and the members of this Senate shouldn’t leave home for the holidays until we take a vote…” . Thank you @senatordurbin for your commitment to get this done this year! #HomeisHere
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We're celebrating #ValentinesDay by showing our love to the #immigrant community. Join in: #ToImmigrantsWithLove
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"I really do believe that there needs to be a legislative solution." – @SpeakerRyan on protecting #DACA recipients
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NOW: @SpeakerPelosi and @SenSchumer are here in front of the Supreme Court to support #DACA recipients while #SCOTUS hears oral arguments. Tune in! #HomeIsHere
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Thank you @RepJoeKennedy for sharing this story and standing with immigrants! #StPatricksDay
On the eve of #StPaddysDay, I told the story of an immigrant family I know who sacrificed for the American dream. (1/2)
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court decision on #DACA is here — and it’s a huge victory for DACA recipients, their families, and communities across America!. Thank you for fighting with us! DACA recipients will continue to live and work in the country they know as home! #HomeIsHere
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"It's egregious. It's immoral. This should not be a political argument at all." - Coalitions and Policy Director @leedsgarcia on @MSNBC w/ @SRuhle discussing the Administration's new policy of separating families at the border
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Congratulations @EduardoJPadron, President of @MDCollege, just awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by @POTUS
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The time the incarceration crisis takes from America’s families cannot be replaced. Whether it’s one night or a lifetime, a missed holiday meal or a missed childhood, every family impacted by the incarceration crisis feels its negative effects. 👉 👈
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Happening now: Thousands of people across America are marching to Defend Our Immigrant Communities in Washington, DC. Join them as they demand a solution for Dreamers before the holidays and call Congress to pass a #DreamActNow:
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BREAKING: The New York Senate erupts in applause the moment #GreenLightNY passes! This is a historic step forward in supporting immigrant families in New York by expanding driver’s licenses for all New Yorkers, regardless of #immigration status.
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Immigration can take a LIFETIME for many highly-skilled workers, due to outdated laws & arbitrary caps. It only makes sense that they be allowed to work, pay taxes, provide for their families, and set their roots in America while they wait. We must #SaveH4EAD and end #GCBacklog
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The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act is a bipartisan effort to eliminate decades-long green card backlogs and make our legal immigration process more fair and efficient. Congress should pass #HR1044 immediately. #S386 #gcbacklog
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Without DACA, Leticia will not be able to contribute to the only community she has ever known. She is a student at California State University, San Bernardino & a guest w/ @RepPeteAguilar for #SOTU. Congress must act to protect Leticia and 800,000 other Dreamers. #WithDreamers
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"The kids would lose a person they’ve know for a third of their life. We need to make our voices heard.". Eric K. is a #DACA recipient and devoted Head Start teacher working in Illinois. Watch his story and take action to #ProtectDreamers:
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“Those of us who want to live in a world where Jordan Neely is not only alive but was not hungry, was not unhoused, should be very focused on demanding the types of policies we know make us all safer.” See full interview of @FWDus’ @ReenNahMean on @MehdiHasanShow
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Without DACA, Hector can't drive & participate in his community. His DACA expires TOMORROW. Congress must act to #ProtectDreamers & stand w/ the 86% of Americans that support Dreamers. Go to to learn more about those impacted and how you can get involved.
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Thank you @SenKamalaHarris for pressing for clarity from DHS on ICE Acting Director Matt Albence's prior statement that ICE is preparing to effectuate orders of removal of #DACA recipients. #HomeIsHere
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.@KamalaHarris brings #Dreamer and @UndocuBlack’s Communications Director, Denea, as her guest to #SOTU. This is the largest number of DACA recipients to ever attend the State of the Union. #ProtectDreamers
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NEW: @FWD_us Launches New Ad as Part of National Campaign Urging Congress to Pass Legislation to Protect Dreamers #DreamForTheHolidays
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“Before last week, Trump was already in a huge hole because of his anti-immigration policies.” by @TheToddSchulte
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BREAKING: The New York Dream Act has been signed into law! This legislation will allow undocumented students to become eligible for state financial aid AND give New York more tax revenue from a more highly skilled workforce. #immigration
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Join Jesus, an essential worker fighting #COVID19, in urging President-elect @JoeBiden to create a pathway to citizenship #ForOurFamilies. “President-elect Biden, our families are counting on you to protect immigrants and to protect the country."
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"Immigrants are essential to the U.S. economy, and deporting millions of them will only weaken us as a nation."
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Thank you to @RepRitchie and @RepJudyChu for your leadership on this critical legislation, and @RepGraceMeng for helping move it through Congress. There is no time to lose.
*NEW* @FWDus Blog: Diversity Visas Lost to Travel Bans—Priority Bill Spotlight. Congress should pass the Keeping Our Promise Act to protect tens of thousands of diversity visa winners from losing their once-in-a-lifetime chance to immigrate to the U.S.
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Thank you Congresswoman @NancyPelosi for your continued leadership & for fighting tirelessly to pass a #DreamActNow!
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Did you know #H4EADholders (spouses of #H1B skilled workers) are perfect candidates for the high number of unfilled jobs? A recent survey found that 88.6% of H-4 EAD holders are prime working age (between 20-39 yrs old) and over 50% have a Master’s degree. #LaborDay.
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Thank you @RepZoeLofgren for championing a pathway to citizenship in the House Judiciary Committee. We must ensure this pathway #ForOurFamilies remains in the reconciliation bill. This is the year. #WeAreHome
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Roxana is a mother of three US citizen children, a Ph.D. nursing candidate, and teacher. She also has Temporary Protected Status or #TPS. She has lived and worked here for 32 years. This is the only home she’s ever known. This is her story. It’s time to #ProtectTheDream.
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Due to the uncertainty surrounding #DACA, we urge all Dreamers who have DACA or have had DACA in the past to speak to a lawyer & consider renewing. Watch this video from @FWDus's @JuanSaaa & @fpjuarez079 then go to for support! #DACARenewalsNow
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Dr. Alur, a doctor with a H-1B visa, on the challenges immigration physicians face now: “There were an estimated 15,000 physicians like me that were restricted from being on the frontlines, providing lifesaving services.”
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"For the first time in 35 years we say to immigrant you are essential. we will protect Dreamers, TPS holders, essential workers and farmworkers" - @RepJayapal during floor debate on #BuildBackBetter Act #ForOurFamilies
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"Let's reject those who say there is no crisis, who say this is not an emergency. Let's understand that for these #Dreamers who cannot concentrate at school or at work and who are terrified of that midnight knock – this is an emergency" - Calif Sen @KamalaHarris #DreamActNow
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Our statement on House Votes on “No Sanctuary for Criminals” and the new “Kate’s Law”
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Thank you @WhiteHouse senior officials for meeting with #DACA recipients from across the country about the urgent need to pass permanent protections before the end of this year, in the lame duck session. Momentum is building. #HomeIsHere
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90% of Americans support pathway to citizenship for immigrants who have long ties to U.S., have a job and pay taxes:
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JUST IN: Latest exit poll numberss show: 79% of Latino voters for Clinton + 18% for Trump. Massive swing away from #GOP. #ElectionNight
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“Dreamers have known no other country but the United States as their home. Let’s pass #HR6, let’s ensure Dreamers are treated that way they should be — as Americans.” — @RepJoeNeguse #WeAreHome #HR6
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Professor Stephen H. Legomsky: “It has been 32 years since Congress last meaningfully updated our system of legal immigration. Since then, massive backlogs have accumulated. Millions of immigrants who qualify for admission continue to wait for years.”
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Camila Cabello Makes The Case For Dreamers In Her New Documentary @Camila_Cabello #ProtectDreamers #DACA
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20,000 DACA teachers at risk — it’s urgent that Congress act in January on #DACA this year via @usatoday #protectDreamers.
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BREAKING: The 5th Circuit has ruled that #DACA is unlawful — impacting the lives of millions of people across the country & harming communities & the economy. Congress must urgently deliver permanent protections for DACA recipients & Dreamers this year. There's no time to waste.
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#H4EAD is a crucial lifeline for thousands of families who have already been approved for green cards but are waiting decades, simply because of the country they are from. #H4 dependents should be allowed to keep working.
The H-4 Visa Classification: Attracting and Maintaining Global Talent
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Statement on the Introduction of the EAGLE Act of 2021 . Read Here:
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WATCH: "To be an immigrant in America - I think we are all immigrants one way or another" - @DaleJr on @BravoWWHL w/ @Andy
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Many of these women have graduate degrees from American universities and are already contributing to our workforce every single day. Now the Trump Administration wants to bar these women from working and keep them trapped at home. Help protect H-4 visa holders. #SaveH4EAD
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THREAD . Instead of welcoming and taking care of asylum-seeking children — as required by law — the Trump Administration is holding them hostage at undisclosed locations and expelling them without due process. #FreeTheFamilies. Watch & share:
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Thank you @SenKamalaHarris @SenGillibrand for speaking out on proposal to revoke work authorization for spouses of high-skilled workers, 93% of whom are women. EAD is essential to their ability to support their families & communities. #SAVEH4EAD
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“We cannot in good conscience praise immigrant essential workers in one breath while denying them essential human dignity with the next.” — @SenAlexPadilla. Lawmakers must prioritize a path to citizenship for all immigrant essential workers in the second #COVID19 relief package.
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BREAKING NEWS: The House took a critical next step to modernize our outdated immigration system with a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, TPS holders, farmworkers, and other essential workers. This is the year. #ForOurFamilies #WeAreHome
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We agree @SenAlexPadilla — Congress must act during the lame duck session and give “Dreamers the stability that they need. ” Tell Congress to pass protections for Dreamers this year!
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.@CongressmanRaja at a recent @committeeonccp hearing: “We have got to double on our legal #immigration system. This is a no-brainer…Pioneers and innovators disproportionately come from foreign talent that comes here, and we've got to take advantage of that.”
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"By providing a path to permanent residency for America's Dreamers, TPS holders, farmworkers, & other essential workers who keep our country running, there is no doubt that we will benefit from the resulting economic gains for decades to come" - @RepJerryNadler #WeAreHome
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Roughly 80% of #H4 visa holders are women. This successful program has kept families together, and allowed for bright, innovative individuals to contribute to competitive industries across the nation. #SAVEH4EAD
‘My entire life is revolving around this’ — Thousands of women await visa rule’s uncertain future. @pavnimittal reports.
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“We can protect [Dreamers], and the same time strengthen border security. We can do both. We can get it done by the end of this year.” Thank you @SenCortezMasto for working to pass permanent protections for Dreamers and #DACA recipients this year. #HomeIsHere
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Business leaders from @salesforce @Cisco @Apple @IBMpolicy @jpmorgan @pepsi & more signed a letter speaking out against the actions targeting #H4EAD. #SAVEH4EAD
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.@JinNotJim is the first #DACA recipient to become a Rhodes Scholar. He’s here today to testify to the @HouseJudiciary on the urgent need for permanent protections. Here’s why: “No matter how hard I work or how hard I achieve, I’ll never know if I have a place in America.” —->
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Dreamers are doing their jobs every day in the face of this urgent crisis. It is time for Congress to step up and do theirs. Call your member of Congress RIGHT NOW & urge them to #ProtectDreamers.
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The Trump Admin separated families with no intention to reunite them. The results: Over 5,000 children separated from their families, & at least 545 who still have had no contact w/ their parents yrs later. Here are 5 things you can do to help children & families at the border:.
BREAKING: Documents made public by new @HouseJudiciary report confirm the Trump Administration had no plan to reunify separated parents with their children. Family separation must end in 2020 #ForOurFamilies. Read full report here: #RestoreAsylumNow
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Dreamers like Javier, a #JointAddress guest, serve on the frontlines of the #COVID19 crisis and continue to protect our communities every day. Thank you President Biden for your leadership in calling on Congress to provide a path to citizenship #ForOurFamilies. Now is the time.
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Historic moment as #DACA recipients and plaintiffs walk down the steps of the Supreme Court after oral arguments. Their #HomeIsHere.
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"I am never going to compromise when it comes to our Dreamers. Not when their lives are literally hanging in the balance. Time is desperately running out. So I urge my colleagues to do what is right. We must protect the Dreamers." – @SenGillibrand
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With the urgent threat facing #Dreamers, it is critical that lawmakers co-sponsor the #DreamAct, and that the Senate moves to pass this bill with the utmost speed. Dreamers need a pathway to citizenship. #ForOurFamilies. "This is the year. This is the time." — @SenatorDurbin
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Important piece from @voiceofsandiego on the work authorization that has helped tens of thousands of spouses of skilled workers contribute and integrate to their communities and the distressing consequences of revoking it. #SAVEH4EAD
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The H-4 rule is common sense: it lets the spouses of highly-skilled immigrants work once they have begun their wait for legal permanent residence. There is no evidence to show that the H-4 rule harms American workers in any way. Read more here>> #SaveH4EAD
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“Undocumented immigrants who have been essential workers during this pandemic should be on a fast-track to citizenship because I think that they have earned it.” — @JoaquinCastrotx via @AliciaOnMSNBC. Pledge to support: #WeAreHome
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Former Acting Secy of Homeland Security John Cohen: Ending #DACA creates a national security threat #DefendDACA
"Ending the DACA program will make the nation less safe. It will rob us of these talented hard-working young people"
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Today @SenKamalaHarris is joining 8 #Dreamers in LA to discuss the contributions they've made to our economy & local communities #DefendDACA
Happening Now: DACAmented folk are having a round table discussion with @SenKamalaHarris about the protection of #DACA
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#DACA recipients from across the country are joining a fly-in in Washington D.C. today to meet with Members of Congress and urge them to pass permanent legislative protections for Dreamers before the end of the year in the lame duck session. We need urgent action now. #HomeIsHere
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