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"Now, with her status expired, she said she and her partner have a plan in place should she be detained."

“When my card expired, I gave him my lawyer’s information, and basically told him ‘If you’re not hearing from me, call my lawyer and try to figure out what’s going on," she said, "because there’s a possibility that I’ve been detained.’” #HomeIsHere

Carmen, a #DACA recipient who has worked at a major food bank as a program supervisor for five years, loves helping people.

But she can’t do her job because of the Trump admin’s renewal processing delays. She said it’s felt “like losing your identity”:

https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/daca-renewal-slowdown-minnesotans/ #HomeIsHere

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#DACA renewal delays have stretched to as long as a year for some Dreamers.

Healthcare worker Juan Chavez Velasco submitted his paperwork months ahead of time. He was abducted by ICE during that wait and his protections expired while he was in detention:

https://www.ms.now/news/ice-detains-daca-recipient-premature-baby #HomeIsHere

ICYMI at America's Voice: It’s long past time to protect Dreamers.

Advocates say we are witnessing “an ongoing mission to delegalize millions of people by eroding the very protections they rely on, #DACA included.”

https://americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/its-long-past-time-to-protect-dreamers #HomeIsHere

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One #DACA recipient “said all of his previous renewals typically took about four to six weeks. But this time, his status lapsed, and he has had to take unpaid leave for three months from his job at a hospital while he waits for his renewal, which he applied for more than five months ago.” #HomeIsHere

"Immigrant advocacy and legal aid groups sued the Trump administration Thursday, demanding answers about 'severe delays' in renewals for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients that are causing people to lose their jobs, livelihoods and legal immigration status." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/daca-groups-sue-trump-renewal-delays-rcna351593 #HomeIsHere

“Jessica Treviño Villegas’ DACA status was still valid when she was deported to Mexico. Her children, who are US citizens, are now navigating life without her.”

“They need me,” the mom said. “It’s very painful for them, because they look at other families who have their parents, and unfortunately they don’t have their parents right now. Like, my youngest daughter just had her [seventh grade] graduation and I couldn’t be there with her.”

https://www.ms.now/news/trump-immigration-dreamer-daca #HomeIsHere

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/116761732327645497

"It’s about whether this country believes that immigrant families deserve dignity and permanence," she continued, "or whether we will continue forcing millions of people to live one paperwork error, one traffic stop, or one government abuse away from losing everything."

CITIZENSHIP NOW #HomeIsHere

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"When our parents are detained, deported, or forced into the shadows, we suffer too," said the daughter of a wrongly deported #DACA recipient. "We lose stability. We lose security. We lose precious time with the people who raised us. That’s why a pathway to citizenship is not just an immigration issue. It’s a family issue." #HomeIsHere

The Trump admin’s attacks on #DACA recipients—from outrageously long renewal delays to wrongful detention and even deportation to countries they haven’t considered their home for decades—continue to mount. They rallied for permanent relief this week: https://americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/its-long-past-time-to-protect-dreamers #HomeIsHere

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“The consequences extend far beyond immigrant families themselves. Employers lose workers. Schools lose educators. Hospitals lose caregivers. Communities lose neighbors, leaders, and taxpayers.”
#HomeIsHere

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“Today, the greatest threat facing immigrant communities is no longer limited to the fate of one program. Across the country, we are witnessing the rise of a broader agenda: mass delegalization.”

"It does not require a single headline-grabbing policy announcement. It happens through legal challenges, administrative decisions, bureaucratic delays, and political attacks that steadily erode protections and benefits." #HomeIsHere

The Trump regime’s mission to end the popular and successful #DACA program, which turned 14 this week, has evolved into a broader effort to make legal status itself easier to take away, writes United We Dream's Juliana Macedo do Nascimento: https://americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/daca-at-14-what-the-rise-of-mass #HomeIsHere

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“Because a previous attempt by President Donald Trump to dismantle #DACA was blocked in the courts, advocates worry the administration is intentionally stalling renewals in a backdoor effort to undermine the program and drive participants out of the country.” #HomeIsHere

“We follow the quote-unquote rules, we follow the process that’s been laid out for us, and at the end of the day, we were given a false promise,” said Julio, who has been out of work for months due to administration’s prolonged #DACA renewal delays: https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/daca-renewal-delays-22299957.php #HomeIsHere

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/116754654213489668

"Between January and November, 261 #DACA recipients were arrested by ICE, and 86 were removed from the country. I cannot help but wonder if I could become a statistic, another mother separated from her children, despite being American in nearly every way." #HomeIsHere

#DACA "has allowed me to work, pay taxes, build a career, and raise my children in New York City, where I have lived since I was 6," Monica Rodriguez-Aguilera writes on the program’s 14th anniversary. "But it has never given me what every parent should have: stability. My life as a mother is measured in renewal notices, court decisions, and the awareness that everything I have built can be undone with a single federal policy change." https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/06/15/daca-families-need-some-permanence/ #HomeIsHere

14 years ago, #DACA was born out of courage and determination.

Today, we're back to demand what is long overdue: a pathway to citizenship for all.

Join us.

✍️ Send a letter to Congress: https://unitedwedre.am/14YearsDACA_HIH

📲 Text HOME IS HERE to 787-57 for the latest updates #HomeIsHere

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"More than we have ever seen in #DACA’s 14-year history, hundreds of DACA recipients have been unlawfully detained, deported, and disappeared in recent months despite their valid and active status," the #HomeIsHere Coalition said following her return home to the US. "That is why we will not let justice end with Maria’s story." https://homeishere.us/press/daca-recipient-returned-home-following-unlawful-deportation/ #DefendDACA

The court-ordered return of Maria de Jesus Estrada Juárez— a #DACA recipient who was wrongly deported by the admin—makes her “one of the few people to be allowed back into the country after a deportation during President Donald Trump’s second term,” Sacramento Bee noted. https://americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/wrongly-deported-daca-recipient-returns #HomeIsHere #DefendDACA

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But as the #HomeIsHere Coalition notes, justice doesn’t end with Maria’s story.

Juan Chavez Velasco, another #DACA recipient, was recently abducted while on his way to visit his premature baby in NICU:

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2026/03/19/texas-daca-recipient-immigration-enforcement

“This has been one of the most painful experiences of my life,” said #DACA recipient Maria de Jesus Estrada Juárez, who was abducted by ICE during a green card appointment. “I am grateful to the court for recognizing that what happened to me was wrong and for bringing me home. But no one should have to go through this.”

https://americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/wrongly-deported-daca-recipient-returns #HomeIsHere

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“The move makes Estrada Juárez one of the few people to be allowed back into the country after a deportation during President Donald Trump’s second term, according to immigration experts,” The Sacramento Bee noted. “The government does not publish data on how often federal courts order such returns — and how often DHS complies.” #HomeIsHere

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/116325611959831389

The #DACA recipient’s “return home is a monumental victory for all of us who have been fighting to bring attention to the grave threats against the DACA program,” said the #HomeIsHere Coalition. “Maria’s victory is a reminder to the federal government that due process isn’t optional.”

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DHS has already deported some #DACA holders. Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez was at her green card interview when she was abducted by ICE.

“I followed the rules and showed up to my immigration appointment,” she said. “Instead, I was taken away from my daughter and forced out of the country overnight.” #HomeIsHere

“Trump administration #DACA delays are causing immigrants to lose work and risk getting deported.”

“‘You feel like a dog on the corner waiting for somebody to feed them,’ DACA recipient Victor Jardon-Reyes, 33, told the Chicago Tribune.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-daca-deportation-kristi-noem-b2938925.html #HomeIsHere

"Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his #DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact, Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime." https://thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/04/how-my-friend-and-fellow-journalist-was-targeted-by-ice/ #HomeIsHere

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"The attack on #DACA has wrought fear, uncertainty, and chaos on the lives of young people who bought into the American Dream that the US government sold to them. 'What the government is trying to do is really unprecedented,' said Rebecca Sheff, a senior staff attorney at the ACLU of New Mexico who represented Gamez Lira, describing it as 'a real betrayal.'" #HomeIsHere

"Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway."

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/dreamers-daca-trump-deportation-detention-betrayal-big-feature/ #HomeIsHere

“I’m overwhelmed with joy and relief,” said Alejandra, the wife of a #DACA recipient who was recently released from ICE custody. “Paulo belongs with our family, not in a detention center.”

There’s power in standing up for each other: https://americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/unjustly-detained-immigrants-win #HomeIsHere