nearly every single one of the original daca recipients were still enrolled, finished high school, and roughly half have gone to college. should you hear republican talking points about how daca is bad for the economy, no this. the original group of daca recipients have contributed 108 billion dollars to this economy. they ve paid a combined 33 billion dollars in taxes. so look at what would happen if we dare to allow immigrants to work broadly and live without fear in this country. daca allows a path forward. it s a path forward for one. what about the families of these recipients? what about their contributions? what about their dreams? here s the president, earlier this week. most of this came because we weren t welcome where we were. and when we got here, we had to fight like hell to be recognized. to fight like hell to be recognized. that s why it s fitting we host this screening, during immigrant heritage month. the time when we celebrate the
this is not just delivery. this is knowing even superheroes. can use a sidekick. walgreens. this week, marked 11 years since the obama administration introduced the deferred action for childhood arrivals program. protecting immigrant youth from deportation. the question, 11 years later, is for how long?
with daca and legal peril and under constant attack by conservatives. in 2021, a federal judge in texas decided to leave daca open for current recipients. but blocked new applicants from accessing the program. as of today, with that case still in limbo, set to be decided by a circuit court any day, as many as 400,000 dreamers have been sidelined. the biden administration is defending daca as much as it can, especially after the trump administration, to strict protections of recipients but the power to fix this broken system is not in the hands of the president. it s in the hands of congress. so what is congress waiting for? take the issue off the table before we get to 2024. pass real meaningful immigration reform. at a minimum, and shrine daca into law. it works, since its inception in 2012, the program has helped hundreds of thousands of young immigrants build successful lives. nearly nine out of ten are in the labor force. they are medium yearly income has grown by nearly 700%.
since the obama administration introduced the deferred action for childhood arrivals program. protecting immigrant youth from deportation. the question, 11 years later, is for how long? with daca and legal peril and under constant attack by conservatives. in 2021, a federal judge in texas decided to leave daca open for current recipients. but block new act pickens from accessing the program. as of today, with that case still in limbo, set to be decided by a circuit court any day, as many as 400,000 dreamers have been sidelined. the biden administration is defending daca as much as it can, especially after the trump administration, but the power to fix this broken system is not in the hands of the president. it s in the hands of congress. so what is congress waiting for? take the issue off the table before we get to 2024.