DACA – FAQs

Posted on September 2, 2017September 2, 2017 by Policy

What is DACA? DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) is a temporary program that allows undocumented youth the opportunity to apply for a 2-year renewable work authorization card and provide relief from deportation for that period. Over a million young people applied and about 800,000 were accepted. It does not provide a pathway to citizenship, only a temporary work permit, and it does not prevent deporation. It is an Obama-era policy brought about by the activism of undocumented youth i...

Call California Senators for SB 54 and SB 6

Posted on March 23, 2017March 23, 2017 by Policy

Two California bills would protect the immigrant community. We urge your support! SB 54 would prohibit local police forces from helping federal authorities deport people who are in the U.S. illegally. “(The) worst thing we want to do is in fact have police officers leave their beats, leave the communities that they are sworn to protect and serve to go on and assist ICE federal agents -- to set up a perimeter around an elementary school to wait for mothers to pick up their children,” De Le...

PRESS STATEMENT: Response to President Trump’s “not a Muslim” Travel Ban

Posted on March 6, 2017March 23, 2017 by Media

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 6, 2017 Contact: media@dreamteamla.org Response to President Trump's "not a Muslim" Travel Ban The President has just reissued his “not a Muslim” Travel Ban executive order. It now includes just six nations, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Syria and Libya. These six nations have something in common. They are majority Muslim. And we have bombed all six.   How willing would Attorney General Jeff Session, or Secretary of Homeland Security, John F. Kelly be willin...