DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) is a tremendously successful program for undocumented individuals who came to the United States as children and have built their lives here. However, escalating attacks by the Trump administration, through a combination of administrative delays and denials, increased enforcement actions, and ongoing threats of termination of the entire program, are putting DACA recipients and their families at risk.
Delayed renewals and backlogs mean DACA recipients are being forced out of status and losing their jobs through no fault of their own. Arrests and deportations of DACA recipients are also increasing.
Hundreds of DACA recipients have been detained, dozens unlawfully deported and thousands more at risk of losing their status through no fault of their own.
We are launching this campaign to sound the alarm about the ramp-up in attacks on DACA recipients and the DACA program. José Contreras Díaz is one of the most recent stories demonstrating the attacks on DACA recipients.
