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DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) is a federal program that allows immigrants who were brought to the US illegally as minors before 2012 to earn conditional renewable legal status if they meet a number of requirements. DACA has faced legal battles in the federal courts over the constitutionality of how it created in 2012 through executive order. In 2017 President Trump rescinded DACA, but said that DACA had been beneficial and called on Congress to re-enact it through legislation. In 2020 the Supreme Court ruled that Trump's rescinding of DACA was illegal and allowed the program to stand, however the program's future is uncertain as it continues to face legal battles in federal courts. DACA recipients are also referred to as Dreamers, a term originating from the DREAM Act. Dreamer may also refer to unauthorized immigrants who do not qualify for DACA because they were brought to the US illegally after 2012.
May 1st, 2025
Texas House Bill 232 (HB 232) and Senate Bill 1798 (SB 1798) seek to repeal the long-standing Texas Dream Act that allows unauthorized immigrant students who meet standard r
December 27th, 2024
Will “the largest deportation in U.S. history” be limited to those with serious criminal convictions and final orders of deportation, or will it also include undocumented individuals who have been quietly living and working...
November 26th, 2024
We hope the President-elect uses this as an opportunity to work with Congress to pass sensible immigration reform that reflects the wishes of the majority of Americans. Find the things we agree on and start there.
August 8th, 2024
Washington, DC - Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and Texas Republican Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) brought together a broad, national coalition of stakeholders to a roundtable at the U.S. Capitol to focus on...
June 13th, 2024
Texan Business and faith leaders and immigration policy experts met recently in Dallas to urge lawmakers and the Biden administration to enact policy changes that would allow long-term undocumented immigrants in the U.S. to...
May 16th, 2024
A coalition of evangelical denominations and organizations recently submitted a letter to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee ahead of a hearing about undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children...
March 21st, 2024
Business leaders, immigration experts, and elected officials gathered at a recent event hosted by Amegy Bank and the Texas Association of Business in Houston, Texas, to discuss data that proves the significant po
February 15th, 2024
The Dignity Act is the most viable legislation in Congress that secures our border and fixes our broken immigration system.
September 21st, 2023
In a letter to Members of Congress, prominent evangelical denominations, ministries and organizations explain that the eventual termination of DACA presents “a foreseeable crisis on the near horizon,” when an estimated 600,...
August 3rd, 2023
As I reflect on my recent graduation from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, I feel an overwhelming sense of gratitude for the opportunities that have been made available to me as a Dreamer through the Texas Dream...
March 13th, 2025
Reps. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), and several other bill leads reintroduced the bipartisan American Dream and Promise Act (H.R. 1589). This critical legislation provides permanent legal status to...
December 12th, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump recently expressed desires to work in a bipartisan manner with lawmakers to pass legislation that will allow Dreamers to stay in the U.S. legally.
October 10th, 2024
Stan Marek, CEO of MAREK, and Linda Lorelle, award winning journalist, discuss the essential role that immigrants play in the Texas economy and the current state of affairs of immigration politics in an interview with Jim...
June 20th, 2024
On Tuesday, June 18, the Biden Administration issued an executive order to create a method for long-term unauthorized immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens and can pass background checks to obtain work permits through...
May 23rd, 2024
Business, Political, and Faith Leaders in Houston Push for ID and Tax, Practical Immigration Reforms
Business, political, and faith community leaders met recently at the Center For Houston’s Future for an event titled Securing the Texas of Tomorrow: Building through Practical Immigration Reforms to examine how the broken U....
May 8th, 2024
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March 6th, 2024
As long as this practice, and the lack of a required ID, prevails, we will find it almost impossible to stop the surge at the border. The magnetic pull of jobs is so strong, people will keep coming illegally until we change...
October 26th, 2023
As the 2024 presidential campaign heats up, divisive, misleading rhetoric on immigration is spreading — in contrast to the solutions Americans want.
September 13th, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC – FWD.us President Todd Schulte and DACA recipients on FWD.us staff issued the following statements Wednesday after U.S. Southern District of Texas Judge Hanen ruled against Deferred Action for Childhood...
June 15th, 2023
Part of the problem is that the conversation tends to be divided into “either-or” categories: either border security or immigration reform. The business community maintains that the solution is not an “either-or” scenario....
