White Nationalist Ransom Note No Real Solution for Dreamers

Way out of the Trump-created crisis is #DreamActNow

SAN JUAN, TX—With the White House releasing an immigration framework including a list of nativist provisions that would make Richard Spencer proud, La Unión del Pueblo Entero is speaking out for the urgent passage of the Dream Act.

Abraham Diaz, Dreamer and education specialist with La Unión del Pueblo Entero, said:

“The lives of immigrant youth are on the line. It is shameful that President Trump and aid Stephen Miller are playing with our lives and pitting children against children and immigrants against immigrants. President Trump created this crisis when he ended the DACA program. Now 122 immigrant youth lose protection from arrest, detention, and deportation every day. The way out of this Trump-made crisis is the passage of a Dream Act now.”

Juanita Valdez-Cox, executive director of La Unión del Pueblo Entero, said:

“It is now more important than ever that Congress reach a bipartisan breakthrough to pass a Dream Act. Our country’s moral center is at stake. The racist agenda of the White House is clear. We need Congress to stand up to the white nationalism coming from the White House. Valley Members of Congress Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar must defend Dreamers against the President’s nativist agenda by pledging to not vote for a spending bill that does not include Dream Act.”