Immigration

DREAM Act

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

Family Separations

Protect the Dream

Everyone, regardless of country of origin, deserves a quality education.

Our position

Dreamers—people brought to this country as minors—have lived with fear and uncertainty for far too long. They deserve better.

Dreamers, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders are our friends and neighbors.

We support broad, inclusive legislation with multiple pathways to citizenship that prioritize keeping families together—legislation that is true to America’s values and history as a nation of immigrants.

We call on Congress to provide expedited pathways to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living in the United States.

We support the Dream Act of 2021 (S. 264), which would provide pathways to citizenship for nearly 2 million undocumented individuals who came to the United States at a young age, including DACA recipients.

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Your Priorities for Washington

We have an enormous task ahead of us as we deal with the coronavirus and its lasting effects on our students, families, and communities. But that’s not all. We need to restore trust, repair damage to civil rights, increase funding to our schools, and so much more. Tell us what you think the White House and Congress should prioritize in the months ahead.

Pass the U.S. Citizenship Act

President Biden’s promise “to restore humanity and American values to our immigration system” is the basis for the U.S. Citizenship Act introduced Feb. 18 in both the Senate and the House. For participants in Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Status Holders (TPS) since Jan. 1, 2017, the pathway to citizenship would be three years. For undocumented individuals in the United States since Jan. 1, 2021, the pathway to citizenship would be eight years—temporary status for five years, then Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) or green card status for three years.

Email your senators and representative and ask them to support the U.S. Citizenship Act.

Bills in Congress

HR 530

A bill to reunite families separated at or near ports of entry, and for other purposes.

HR 529

A bill to limit immigration enforcement actions at sensitive locations, to clarify the powers of immigration officers at sensitive locations, and for other purposes.

HR 3918

A bill to end family separations at the border, bolster health and safety protections, and ensure government funds are not used to harm or traumatize asylum seekers.