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The media headlines on have been confusing to say the least. But while DACA is still under threat in the courts, renewals are moving forward!

This weekend!

Angels of Love is hosting a Walk Around The Park this Saturday February 27, 2021 to raise awareness to Teen Dating Violence. Invest and instill a well rounded life skills education to your children. It’s free.

Contact 956-972-0685 to set up an information table.

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Judge orders restoration of DACA, opening immigration program to new applicants for first time since 2017 One million undocumented immigrant teens and young adults who qualify for DACA on paper could apply for the Obama-era protections from deportation following the court order.

¡La Corte Suprema bloqueó el intento del presidente Trump de cancelar el programa de inmigración DACA!
La decisión afecta a los inmigrantes indocumentados que fueron traídos a los Estados Unidos cuando eran niños.👏 🥳

Supreme Court Rules Against Trump Administration In DACA Case The decision is a dramatic victory for immigration advocates and gives a new lease on life for the so-called DREAMers, immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"Estamos lanzando temprano Únase a Antonio Arellano mientras modera el seminario web del miércoles con Texas RioGrande Legal Aid sobre reembolso de préstamos estudiantiles durante COVID-19 💰 ¡Puede ver el seminario web en Facebook en vivo el miércoles a las 6 pm!"

Confirme su asistencia aquí para recibir una notificación cuando estemos en vivo: https://www.facebook.com/events/233369287943070/

We're launching early 🥳 Join Antonio Arellano as he moderates Wednesday's webinar with Texas RioGrande Legal Aid on student loan repayment during COVID-19 💰You can catch the webinar on Facebook live Wednesday at 6 pm!

RSVP here to get a notification when we're live: https://www.facebook.com/events/233369287943070/

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A quien le a llegado la carta 📩 del censo????
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How many of you have received this letter 📩 from the Census????
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A quien le a llegado la carta 📩 del censo????
Pongan sus respuestas en los comentarios 👇🏾

DACA acaba de pasar en la casa de representantes! Nos queda algunos pasos mas para la victoria final: Esta propuesta se manda al Senado y es donde tenemos que hacer la presion mas fuerte y despues si pasa en el senado va al escritorio del presidente. Sigamos con el esfuerzo que nos ha traido hasta aqui!
"Hoy, en una votación histórica, la Cámara de Representantes de EE. UU. Aprobó la Ley de Sueños y Promesas de 2019, HR 6, que proporcionaría una hoja de ruta hacia la ciudadanía para 2.5 millones de soñadores, beneficiarios de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA) y Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS) y titulares de la salida forzada diferida (DED). Además, el Dream and Promise Act contiene disposiciones fundamentales para la educación superior, incluido el acceso a la ayuda financiera federal para los beneficiarios.

Instamos al Senado a avanzar de forma bipartidista y aprobar una legislación similar que proteja a estas poblaciones. " - La Union del Pueblo Entero - LUPE

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just passed in the house of representatives! We have some more steps for the final victory: This proposal is sent to the Senate and it is where we have to make the strongest pressure and then if it passes in the Senate, it goes to the president's desk. Let's continue with the effort that has brought us to this point!
"Today, in a historic vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Dream and Promise Act of 2019, H.R. 6, which would provide a roadmap to citizenship for 2.5 million Dreamers, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) & Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) holders. Additionally, the Dream and Promise Act contains critical higher education provisions, including access to federal financial aid for beneficiaries.

We urge the Senate to move forward on a bipartisan basis and pass similar legislation protecting these populations." -LUPE

Workers' Memorial Week
Semana de Los Trabajadores Fallecidos
(From Monday April 22, 2019 through April 28, 2019)
(Del lunes 22 de abril al domingo 28 de abril, 2019)

Venta de comida hoy para ayudar a la familia Hernandez Mendoza que se les quemo la trailita
Food plate sale today to help family Hernandez Mendoza due to their trailer home burning down

Location: La Herradura Meat Market 4711 S. Alamo Rd. Edinburg Texas
11am - 2pm Saturday February 9, 2019

https://youtu.be/QhoF0KxUKG0

One stride at a time...Un ascenso a la vez

🚨🎓 Calling all DREAMers and Allies!
Each Texas Legislative Session, bills are introduced to try to ban students who are undocumented or DACA recipients from going to college.
For 2019, a Texas legislator has already introduced a bill to take away financial aid for Texas DREAMers and making life harder. Join us and volunteer this upcoming semester as we fight for for !

🚨🎓 ¡Llamando a todos los soñadores y aliados!
En cada sesión legislativa de Texas, legisladores estales proponen leyes para tratar de prohibir que los estudiantes indocumentados o que estan bajo el programa de DACA, reciban dinero para pagar y atender a la universidad.
Para 2019, un legislador de Texas ya ha presentado una propuesta de ley para retirar la ayuda financiera para los DREAMers de Texas y hacer la vida más difícil. ¡Únase a nosotros y unase a nosotros este próximo semestre mientras luchamos por para los !

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⚠️📰 News Update on DACA / Noticias de DACA:

Federal Appeals Court in upholds the decision from lower courts on the DREAMers v. Trump case. This means that the Trump Administration MUST continue accepting DACA renewal applications. While this is good news, it is also time to start organizing in your communities for a permanent solution for immigrant youth.

El Tribunal Federal de Apelaciones confirma la decisión de los tribunales inferiores sobre el caso DREAMers v. Trump. Esto significa que la Administración de Trump DEBE continuar aceptando solicitudes de renovación de DACA. Estas son buenas noticias, pero también sabemos que ya es hora de comenzar a organizarse en sus comunidades para obtener una solución permanente para los jóvenes inmigrantes.

Appeals court says Trump administration can't end DACA A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling blocking the Trump administration from ending the Obama-era program that protects young undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children from being deported.

FWD.us

The time to act is now !

BREAKING: A bipartisan group of former Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security urge lawmakers to protect Dreamers by January 19, the last day Congress can act without tens of thousands of Dreamers getting fired from their jobs and risking deportation.

In a letter to congressional leadership, Secretaries Michael Chertoff, Janet Napolitano, and Jeh Johnson write of their strong support of legislation to protect Dreamers, and that "to ensure a successful implementation of DACA legislation, Congress should pass bipartisan legislation in the next few weeks to allow these young people to continue to fully contribute to this country."

Take action to protect Dreamers today: http://bit.ly/2xMeUm3

Today, 34 House Republicans set the example and press their colleagues of both parties to work together and pass legislation that protects DREAM'ers.

"They are American in every way except their immigration status"

BREAKING: 34 House Republicans, led by Rep. Scott Taylor, Rep. Dan Newhouse & Representative Jeff Denham release a letter calling on Congress to act THIS YEAR to protect Dreamers.

Our statement: http://bit.ly/2A6KmOm

UWD: Hundreds are flooding congressional offices to demand a clean Dream Act. We need your voice right now: tweet at key Congress members: http://bit.ly/2mRFt4d

weareheretostay.org

Senate Republicans are playing political games with the lives of Dreamers and are delaying a fix for DACA. More than ever, we need to push Congress to pass a clean Dream Act by December and we need your support!

Call Senator Cornyn. He needs to hear from us TODAY! Call 202-224-2934, press 3 to leave a message, give your name and zipcode, and say: “I urge Cornyn to pass a clean Dream Act by the end of the year. Every day that Republicans delay, more immigrant youth are put at risk.”

We are in Washington D.C. demanding Congress pass a

Getting ready for tomorrow!!! Clean !

WeAreHereToStay.org

Sen. Roy Blunt open to granting citizenship to DREAMers Sen. Roy Blunt said Tuesday he could support a path to citizenship for DREAMers, the undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.

Yazael is undocumented, a DACA beneficiary, and a full-time UT Austin student. He was born in Mexico but immigrated to Austin, TX with his mother at the age of 4 in order to receive a pacemaker surgery that helps keep his heart beating to this day. He has since grown up here in the place he calls home for the past 14 years.

There were many obstacles since the minute his family arrived to the U.S., but they did everything they had to in order to adapt to a whole new environment and bridge the language gaps. Upon the moment DACA was an option, he has maintained a part time job in order to keep providing support to his family of three and doing his best to be a good role model in the eyes of his little sister.

A clean Dream Act is essential because it’s something that all undocumented youth who’ve grown up and know this country as their own simply deserve because they are human and this is their home. While the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program gave people like Yazael two years of safety and the ability to work, it was easily taken away by the President. Families live in constant fear of deportation or new laws that try to criminalize their immigration status. To Yazael, the fight for a clean Dream Act isn’t even about economics, but about morals, and the majority of the American public want it passed. A clean Dream Act needs to happen so that people like Yazael can continue living in this country with safety.

My name is Estefanía, I am 22 years old and I am a DACAmented college student and part-time worker. Tlalpan, Mexico City is where I was born and the place I will forever call home. Austin, Texas is my current second home- this is where I grew up, where I established my appreciation for English captions, where I had my first slobbery teen kiss, where I stumbled upon hardships, where I learned how to overcome with genuine love and human connection, and where I fell in love with coffee in the mornings.

I come from a mixed status family, my baby sister is a citizen and my parents and I are undocumented. My parents to immigrated to the U.S. seeking an opportunity to live in safety and to flourish. I consider my parents revolutionaries for defying an oppressive government all while having to re-establish their roots in a foreign country.

My greatest obstacle with my status is knowing that it continues to limit my family and witnessing that twice as much under the current presidency. I am privileged to be protected from deportation and able to work under the now-terminated Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, however my parents do not have the same protection to go about their lives just as freely. I’ve seen the emotional toll it has taken on both of my parents. I have seen the financial strain it caused on my mother when we went through our own tough times. Coming from undocu-immigrant parents means knowing their struggles, what they’ve had to leave behind and internalizing those struggles within you. It means pushing yourself to make sure that those struggles never go in vain.

DACA allowed me to have an easier time buying my own textbooks, paying for my tuition and applying for jobs that I may have not experienced otherwise. Overall, it has given me a financial platform to support myself and someday be able to support my sister and parents. I currently study in the American Sign Language interpreting program at ACC.

So why a clean Dream Act? Because creating a grand opportunity for undocumented youth all while putting our parents, family members, and friends in jeopardy with more deportations would be betrayal full of senselessness political greed. It would feel like a huge slap in the face to the people that have built this economy, who brought the rich culture and foods, and who shed light on what it means to live in a country with opportunities. We need a clean Dream Act because our parents, our families, our community members did not rip themselves apart from their land to once again be torn away from a life and home they’ve built with such deep pain and bravery.