Congress: Deliver a Pathway to Citizenship Now!
DACA is not enough. Over 500 DACA recipients surveyed in 2023 overwhelmingly agreed that while DACA does provide more opportunities to advance economically and access higher education, it fails our communities by only offering temporary relief from deportation and leaving millions of immigrants out of this program. For the 9th year in a row, United We […]
2022 Survey of DACA Recipients Calls for Pathway to Citizenship
The results of our eighth annual survey of DACA recipients underscore what we’ve known all along: Biden and Congress must deliver on a pathway to citizenship NOW before DACA dies in the courts. United We Dream (UWD), in partnership with the U.S Immigration Policy Center at the University of California San Diego, the National Immigration […]
Get Involved in Deportation Defense!
Our communities keep each other safe, not police, ICE, or CBP. It’s important that we continue growing our individual knowledge and skills to build stronger community power. Our Deportation Defense program ranges from beginner to advanced level trainings for undocumented community leaders as well as allies wo want to show up to fight alongside our […]
Join the National Mental Health Directory!
Become an enlisted Mental health provider for the immigrant community! United We Dream & the National Latinx Psychological Association are calling on licensed mental health practitioners to join the National Mental Health Directory and provide Pro bono/Low bono services for our growing yet underserved immigrant communities facing mental health complications. Around 11 million undocumented immigrants live in […]
Letter to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
Alejandro MayorkasSecretary of Homeland SecurityU.S. Department of Homeland Security301 7th St, SWWashington, DC 20528 Re: Re: Protecting Our Communities from DHS Collusion. Secretary Mayorkas: As organizations working to protect immigrant communities, we know that ending collusion between localities and federal immigration enforcement is paramount to protecting our towns, cities and counties. For this reason, we […]
Send a Letter: End Local Collaboration with ICE!
Despite the promises made by President Biden, his administration has deported over 2 million people, upheld the racist Title 42 Policy, failed to end programs that entangle local law enforcement with ICE such as Secure Communities and 287(g), and now is undermining progress made by local communities across the country. On January 20, 2022, DHS […]
5 Cosas que necesitas saber del caso de Texas sobre DACA
Un juez de Texas acaba de ordenar que se termine parcialmente el programa DACA. Esta decisión se produce después de nuestra victoria de la corte federal de Nueva York el año pasado reinstalando DACA en su totalidad. Esto es lo que esto significa: 1) ¿Qué significa la decisión de la Corte? Significa que Hanen se […]
2021 Survey of DACA Recipients Underscores the Importance of a Pathway to Citizenship
United We Dream (UWD), along with our partners Center for American Progress (CAP) and National Immigration Law Center (NILC), have surveyed over 1,000 DACA recipients in over 40 states to gain insight on the impacts of the program on their lives. Check out CAP’s website to view the full report, survey results, and methodology. People with […]
Democrats, You Have the Power: Deliver Citizenship Now!
THIS JUST IN: The Parliamentarian, an advisor to the Senate, recommended citizenship for immigrant youth, TPS holders, farmworkers, and essential workers not be included in the reconciliation package. But! This recommendation is NOT binding. The parliamentarian only gives advice, Democrats are the ones who make the rules. Democratic Senators still have a responsibility and the […]
DACA Partially Ended: We Demand Citizenship NOW!
A judge in Texas has sided with republicans and ordered the DACA program to be partially ended on July 16th 2021. While new applications will no longer be approved, renewals will continue to move forward. The ruling goes into effect immediately. Since Trump first tried to kill the program, DACA recipients have lived from court […]
