1,850 U.S. leaders to Trump: Don't kill DREAMer protection program

Gnome · 08-30-2017, 12:59 PM

There is a new website – http://www.withdreamers.com/ – showcasing all the support we are getting across the nation, asking President Trump to keep DACA and seek a permanent solution.

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WE ARE WITH DREAMERS
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) protects nearly 800,000 Dreamers from deportation and provides them work authorization.

DACA has now come under attack. 10 Attorneys General released a letter at the end of June threatening to sue the federal government if they don’t end DACA by September 5th. An end to the DACA program would mean that these young people would lose their work authorization and come under the immediate threat of deportation.

A coalition of leaders – Governors, Mayors, City & State Elected Officials, Law Enforcement Professionals, Faith, and Civic Leaders from across the country are coming together to stand #withDreamers at this time.

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LETTER IN SUPPORT OF DREAMERS
We, the undersigned governors, statewide constitutional officers, mayors, state legislators, local elected officials, law enforcement professionals, and faith and civic leaders are united in declaring that we are with Dreamers and DACA recipients. We recognize their enormous role in our communities and families and their contributions to our schools, workplaces, and shared prosperity as a nation.

Since June 2012, nearly 800,000 of these young people who came to the United States as children have come forward, passed background checks, and received permission to live and work in America. With DACA, they have advanced their education, started small businesses, and more fully established themselves as integral members of our society.

Ending DACA means all of these young people would be at risk of deportation and separation from their families and our communities; this would be senselessly cruel.

Ending DACA and removing hundreds of thousands of young men and women from our workforce also would cost the country an estimated $460.3 billion in lost Gross Domestic Product over a decade and tens of billions more in lost contributions to Medicare and Social Security, and force businesses to incur $3.4 billion in turnover costs.

In late June, attorneys general from ten states threatened to sue the Trump Administration if it does not end DACA; twice that number wrote to encourage the administration to maintain and defend the initiative. We urge President Trump to sustain his commitment and preserve DACA. We also encourage President Trump and Republicans and Democrats in Congress to enact legislation that replaces fear and uncertainty with permanent protection for Dreamers. The recently introduced stand-alone Dream Act of 2017 would do that and we support it.

As the leaders of communities across the country—individuals and institutions that have seen these young people grow up in our communities—we recognize how they have enriched and strengthened our cities, states, schools, businesses, congregations, and families. We believe it is a moral imperative that the administration and the country know we are with them. We also join together to send our assurances to Dreamers: we see you, we value you, and we are ready to defend you.

Check website to see all the supporters: http://www.withdreamers.com/

Swim19 · 08-30-2017, 01:01 PM

Nice find!

KiwiFlavor · 08-30-2017, 01:09 PM

Wow! So grateful to know there are A LOT of people out there supporting us!

JamaicanVacation · 08-30-2017, 01:13 PM

Hell yea we need more

Nycgal111 · 08-30-2017, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by JamaicanVacation

Hell yea we need more

I dunno if this was posted but a lot of Catholics and Catholic organizations also have spoken out in our favor.

https://www.ncronline.org/news/justi...er-threat-daca

eva02 · 08-30-2017, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Nycgal111

I dunno if this was posted but a lot of Catholics and Catholic organizations also have spoken out in our favor.

https://www.ncronline.org/news/justi...er-threat-daca

Where are the "christians"!?

JamaicanVacation · 08-30-2017, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by eva02

Where are the "christians"!?

Too busy justifying white power with a verse from the bible

tabi · 08-30-2017, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by eva02

Where are the "christians"!?

kneeling at the calf of trump

hopeful_in_nyc · 08-30-2017, 01:51 PM

This warms my heart. Guys, can you imagine the backlash Trump will get if he rescinds it? His ratings are def going to go down- since that's the only thing he's concerned with nowadays.

MIdreamer · 08-30-2017, 02:21 PM

This is not going to be effective. Don't send Trump long letter with lot of words. He doesn't like to read. Send him pictures with tweet size sentence.

I'm being serious.

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