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    Should I renew my DACA now?

    Should I renew my DACA now?

    Ignacia Rodriguez Kmec

    Aug 7, 2018 Lately people have been asking, Why the uptick in chatter about renewing DACA now? Starting this summer, advocates began encouraging people to renew as soon as possible, even though the option to renew has been around since...

    What to Look for in Any “DACA Solution”

    What to Look for in Any “DACA Solution”

    Ignacia Rodriguez Kmec

    Jun 14, 2018

    3 Important Points to Know about Texas’s DACA Lawsuit

    3 Important Points to Know about Texas’s DACA Lawsuit

    Ignacia Rodriguez Kmec

    May 4, 2018 On May 1, 2018, Texas and six other states filed a lawsuit against the federal government challenging the legality of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program. They filed the case in the U.S. District Court for the Southern...

    Four Ways You Can Help #BringMarcoBack

    Four Ways You Can Help #BringMarcoBack

    Apr 23, 2018

    Wrong Information on USCIS Website Resulted in Rejected DACA Renewal Application

    Wrong Information on USCIS Website Resulted in Rejected DACA Renewal Application

    Feb 26, 2018

    Allowed to Finally Shine

    Allowed to Finally Shine

    Feb 23, 2018 My name is Fatima. I am 30 years old and have lived almost my entire life as undocumented in the United States. My mother immigrated from Bangladesh to New York when I was a year and a half...

    This Little Piece of Freedom to Be Almost Normal, Like My Peers

    This Little Piece of Freedom to Be Almost Normal, Like My Peers

    Feb 22, 2018 My family applied for visitor visas in the early ’90s, and by 1996 we were granted a visa to come visit my grandparents in Chicago from India. It was a really big deal for my family, and the fact that I hadn’t seen my grandparents in three...

    Anywhere We Are Planted We Are Capable of Blooming

    Anywhere We Are Planted We Are Capable of Blooming

    Feb 21, 2018 I am a Jamaican-born, American-raised, Black-immigrant woman. Before President Obama’s executive order, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), I was what you’d consider an undocumented immigrant. In some respects, I still am. Why?...

    We Are Not Afraid

    We Are Not Afraid

    Feb 20, 2018 Like most of my fellow Dreamers, I did not understand what being “illegal” meant until I started applying for higher education.

    Photo Journal: Not Just a Dreamer

    Photo Journal: Not Just a Dreamer

    Feb 16, 2018 Brittany Aguilera lost her DACA on December 7, 2017. A trained photographer who lives in New York, Brittany documented her experiences through photos the day before and the day after her DACA...

    Dreamers Are Trailblazers for Their Families and Communities

    Dreamers Are Trailblazers for Their Families and Communities

    Feb 15, 2018 My name is Guadalupe. I feel blessed to tell my story because my story is not about circumstances; my story is about me.

    A Dreamer Whose Contributions Help Drive America

    A Dreamer Whose Contributions Help Drive America

    Feb 13, 2018 I came to the United States when I was eleven. I was unaware that I was undocumented until I was around thirteen. I did not understand at the time the implications this would have in my life. But I have come to learn that it affects me...

    We Hope for an American Future

    We Hope for an American Future

    Feb 12, 2018 When an Ethiopian boy effectively arrived on our rural central Maryland doorstep as a one-year-old, my wife and I chose to do the right thing.

    Cinco cosas que debe saber sobre el último anuncio de USCIS

    Cinco cosas que debe saber sobre el último anuncio de USCIS

    Ignacia Rodriguez Kmec

    Jan 24, 2018 El Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de EE.UU. (USCIS, por su sigla en inglés) ha anunciado que volverá a aceptar solicitudes de renovación de DACA (Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia) a partir del 13 de enero de...

    Five Things to Know about the Latest USCIS Announcement

    Five Things to Know about the Latest USCIS Announcement

    Ignacia Rodriguez Kmec

    Jan 13, 2018 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it would resume accepting DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) renewal applications beginning January 13,...