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The best time to abolish the filibuster and pass the #DREAMAct was when it was first introduced 20 years ago.
The second best time is today, July 17, 2021.
#DACA
#defendDACA
#DREAMActNow
The second best time is today, July 17, 2021.
#DACA
#defendDACA
#DREAMActNow
A pathway to citizenship for minors brought to the US as children has consistently been at least as popular in voter polling as legalizing marijuana. Again and again for 2 decades, Rs have consistently blocked, filibustered, and refused to allow it to the floor for an honest vote
Never forget that #DACA was not some radical act of Obama's executive whim, but a product of genuine frustration from a broken system's failure to protect a population which more than 2/3 of Americans rightfully understand is #HereToStay. 
Today’s Supreme Court decision blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to tear apart immigrant families is wonderful news. We celebrate with the thousands of DACA recipients who are #HereToStay! lambdalegal.org/blog/20200618_…
Immigrants are a part of every community, including the LGBTQ community, and we will continue to resist the racist and xenophobic immigration policies of this administration.
The work continues.
The work continues.
~75,000 LGBTQ immigrants are eligible for DACA. Thousands of LGBTQ immigrants have lived, worked, studied and contributed to our country.
Deportation would mean, for many, harassment, violence, or criminalization resulting in imprisonment or death.
This decision saves lives.
Deportation would mean, for many, harassment, violence, or criminalization resulting in imprisonment or death.
This decision saves lives.
Last week our new BYU Latino Civil Rights seminar met Diana Trochez, DACA recipient, @BYULawSchool grad, and immigration attorney practicing law in California, which is one of a very few states to allow undocumented immigrants to take the bar exam. Diana is one of two 1/
Diana Trochez is one of two plaintiffs to file a potentially historic petition with the Utah Supreme Court to allow DACA law degree holders to be admitted to the Utah state bar and practice law, joining only CA, CT, FL, NJ, and NY. /2
It would not be unprecedented nor unexpected given that Utah is also one of few states that grants driver's licenses and in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants. (I'm originally from Chicago and am intrigued by the pro-immigrant and pro-refugee policies Utah has enacted.) /3
On January 21, 2017, we organized the largest single-day protest in US history. We came together as women, femmes, and allies to speak out, and we set the stage for the resistance movement that continues today.
YOU did this. YOU made this happen.
📸 @TheAlexArbuckle
YOU did this. YOU made this happen.
📸 @TheAlexArbuckle
On January 28, 2017—just one week after the first Women’s March—we flooded airports nationwide to protest the Muslim Ban.
Women who marched together went to airports together. People who met at women’s marches came together again to say #NoMuslimBan.
📸 Stephanie Keith | Getty
Women who marched together went to airports together. People who met at women’s marches came together again to say #NoMuslimBan.
📸 Stephanie Keith | Getty
On January 31, 2017—just 10 days after the March—we went back to DC to voice our outrage of the nomination of Jeff Sessions. We continued our call to #StopSessions for over one year after that.
📸 Lauryn Gutierrez | Rewire
📸 Lauryn Gutierrez | Rewire
BREAKING: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit today upheld a lower court’s ruling to block @realDonaldTrump’s termination of DACA, allowing ~800,000 DACA recipients nationwide to submit renewal applications. 1/ #DefendDACA ✊
@realDonaldTrump Attention DACA recipients! The future of #DACA is uncertain but your ability to renew your DACA is in your hands. If you have DACA, or have had DACA in the past, you can still file to renew. Learn more at @UnitedWeDream unitedwedream.org/renew-my-daca/ & @FWDus informedimmigrant.com 2/
@realDonaldTrump @UNITEDWEDREAM @FWDus Trump’s attack on #DACA more than a year ago upended the lives of hundreds of thousands of immigrant youth and their families. His administration has since gone to extreme lengths to end the program without regard for how it has impacted people’s lives. nytimes.com/2018/11/08/opi… 3/
🚨BREAKING: In an extraordinary move, the Trump administration just asked the Supreme Court to take up three federal court orders currently blocking Trump’s termination of #DACA. Thread ↓ 1/ #DefendDACA
This is the Trump administration’s second attempt to sidestep the normal process of appellate review and throw #DACA in front of the Supreme Court before the three federal appellate courts have decided the issues. 2/ #DefendDACA
To #DACA recipients: federal court orders protecting #DACA remain in effect. If you have DACA, or have had DACA in the past, you can still file to renew. Learn more informedimmigrant.com/guides/daca-re… or unitedwedream.org/renew-my-daca/ 3/
A federal judge ruled late last night that rolling back #DACA “was arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or not otherwise in accordance with law.” nym.ag/2CY43Zc
HEADS UP: Here are 10 things I’ll bet you didn’t know about the GOP tax scam, but that should get you super angry when you find out:
1) GOP tax scam cuts Medicare! Yup, it does. By $28 billion NEXT YEAR alone.
2) GOP tax scam eliminates the tax credit that encourages businesses to hire VETERANS, especially veterans with disabilities. Not a joke.
“Trump is trying to scare us into hiding, to get us to back down. We’re not going to back down.” #DefendDACA #DACA m.dailykos.com/stories/1696432
"Among those protesting in DC was Jeanette Vizguerra, who spent 90 days in sanctuary before winning a two-yr reprieve from deportation."
"In Chicago, #DACA recipient Angelica Magana told ABC 7 Chicago 'that I refuse to go back in the shadows.'" ✊🏽 #DefendDACA
As a child of first-generation immigrants, I have experienced the wonder of the American dream firsthand.
As a mother, I want all children to have the opportunities this country provides to my daughter.
President Trump’s decision to rescind DACA is shameful. It flies in the face of the values and spirit that built our nation. #DefendDACA
#DefendDACA THREAD:
Here's the deal:
@realDonaldTrump is likely to end #DACA on Tuesday, endangering the lives of 800,000 young people.
Here's the deal:
@realDonaldTrump is likely to end #DACA on Tuesday, endangering the lives of 800,000 young people.
If you marched on January 21st, this is a test of our commitment to intersectionality.
We need you to do these 5 things NOW to #DefendDACA
We need you to do these 5 things NOW to #DefendDACA
Tweet at these 9 AGs who are threatening to sue the federal gov't to end #DACA.
Use this tool to tweet at them:
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Use this tool to tweet at them:
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I won’t stand by while @POTUS threatens to deport thousands of children & students. #DREAMers, I will fight to #DefendDACA.
Kicking out 800,000 DREAMers isn't just a complete moral failure, @POTUS. Terminating DACA also reduces GDP by $460.3 billion over a decade.
In KY more than 2,500 of the nearly 3,000 DACA recipients are workers—educators, engineers, nurses & leaders—who contribute $151M to our GDP
