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.
Last Thursday, two dozen TIRRC youth leaders joined a mass mobilization of more than 1000 undocumented youth and their allies in Washington D.C. for Operation Clean Dream Act Now! We need to keep the pressure on!
