The 12 Days of #DreamAction is underway! Hundreds of Tennesseans have flooded the phone lines of Senators Alexander and Corker sharing why a clean Dream Act is on the top of their holiday wish list. There are only a few weeks left before Congress comes home for Christmas -- we need to keep the pressure on to pass a #DreamActNow!
On the fourth day of #DreamAction we're asking you to write and collect letters to our Senators. Will you take action for immigrant youth tomorrow?
This time last year, just weeks after the election, we asked you to stand with us and make an investment in TIRRC, knowing that we would need to be the strongest we've ever been for the work ahead. Thousands of you responded to the call throughout 2017 - taking action online, coming to vigils, volunteering, and giving generously. This has been one of the most challenging years we've ever faced, but also one of our most powerful.
It's urgent. It's been almost three months since the president terminated the DACA program. Right now, 122 immigrant youth are losing their DACA every single day. Despite vast and growing bipartisan support for the Dream Act, Congress still hasn't taken action.
Last night, as families prepared to celebrate Thanksgiving, the Trump administration cruelly announced their decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 50,000 Haitians. This decision is shameful and unconscionable, but unfortunately not surprising for this administration. Since his inauguration, Trump has been carrying out his extreme agenda of mass deportations: conducting massive raids, terminating the DACA program, and ending TPS for Nicaragua, Sudan, and now Haiti.
