Congress Must Vote No on the Supplemental
Washington, D.C. – On Sunday, the Senate released its supplemental funding bill asking for an additional $118 billion that includes record amounts of detention beds and border patrol agents, changes to our asylum policies that would deny people the human right to seek asylum, and funds for the war in Ukraine as well as for […]
Immigrant Cook-Off Web Show Wins Silver in Education, Art & Culture at 2024 Anthem Awards
Washington, D.C. – Unite We Dream’s first cook-off web show, No Borders, Just Flavors! was selected by an esteemed panel of judges — including Mona Chalabi (Data Editor, The Guardian); Abigail E. Disney (Founder, Peace is Loud); Kwame Rose (Activist, Artist, Writer); Andraéa LaVant (Disability-focused Activist, LaVant Consulting); among others — to be awarded Silver […]
UWD and Human Rights Org Partners Denounce ICE and CBP’s Mass Surveillance and Discriminatory Practices in a Public Comment to DHS and DOJ
Washington, D.C. – United We Dream and immigrant and civil rights movement partners, submitted a public comment to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ). They urged the Biden Administration to hold law enforcement agencies such as ICE and CBP accountable for their discriminatory practices and mass surveillance of immigrant communities. […]
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Home is Here: Brand New Ad to Air at Major Airports During NFL Games
Washington, D.C. – The Home is Here coalition is set to premiere its new ad titled “Our Home is Here“ on December 23rd and Christmas Eve at 70+ major airports across the country. The ad showcases the lives of immigrant youth with DACA – Angelica from Oklahoma, Sana from New York, Yazmin from New Mexico, […]
Defund Hate: It is Abhorrent for Biden and Members of Congress to Sell Out Asylum Rights for Harmful Supplemental Funding
WASHINGTON – New reporting today shows that the White House is in conversations with Congressional Republicans about trading the human rights of migrants for more deadly walls, detention and wars. The policies on the table include a transit ban, keeping people at the border from accessing asylum, and nationwide expedited removal by the Department of […]
We Must Be Loud About Abbott and Republicans Attack on Immigrants in Texas
Austin, Texas. – Earlier this week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s fourth special session of the 88th Texas Legislature came to an end, seeing the passage of anti-immigrant bills SB4 and SB3. SB4 turns Texas officers into immigration enforcement agents, allowing them to detain and deport people to Mexico. SB3 allocates $1.5 billion to fund a […]
Vote No on Violence and Harm: Congress Must Reject Senate Proposal
Washington, D.C. — A bipartisan group in the Senate is negotiating a supplemental funding bill that includes money to increase ICE and CBP’s deportation power, to continue attacks by the Israeli military and policy changes to deny people’s right to seek asylum. Juliana Macedo do Nascimento, Deputy Director of Federal Advocacy at United We Dream […]
UWD’s No Borders, Just Flavors! Wins Shorty Impact Award
Washington, D.C. — United We Dream won its second-ever Shorty Impact Award for its food competition YouTube show, No Borders, Just Flavors (NBJF). First launched earlier in April this year, NBJF is a 4-episode series featuring immigrant contestants going head to head in a family recipe cook-off. Immigrants and people of color were both in […]
ICYMI: Immigrants and Allies Come Together in Texas: “Our Home is Here”
Livestream of press conference can be found here Pictures can be found here Houston, TX—More than 40 immigrant youth and allies, representing a diverse coalition of immigrants rights, membership-led, education, legal, state and federal advocacy organizations, convened in Houston yesterday to launch the Home is Here coalition for the next defense of the DACA program […]