Center for Popular Democracy Action’s Statement on the Texas Federal Judge’s DACA Decision
Statement issued by Ana Maria Archila, Co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy Action
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, July 19, 2021
CONTACT:
press@populardemocracry.org
On Friday, a federal judge in Texas ruled against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, preventing the approval of initial applications while maintaining current DACA recipients’ ability to renew their protections.
In response, Ana Maria Archila, Co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy Action, issued the following statement:
“This decision should be more than the final straw that compels Democrats in Congress to secure a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients and immigrant youth, TPS holders, and essential workers including farmworkers through reconciliation.
The creation of DACA by the Obama-Biden administration and its survival through the Trump administration is a testament of the power immigrant youth have built. However, DACA recipients and undocumented immigrants continue to live in uncertainty and precarity, not knowing when their lives could be upended. The time is now for Democrats in Congress to end this limbo and provide the certainty and stability immigrants need to thrive.”
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