United We Dream has issued a statement in support of Congress Members Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) and Yvette Clarke (D-NY) introducing the Dream and Promise Act to provide a pathway to citizenship for three groups of immigrants.
The original Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act, or DREAM Act, was introduced in 2001.
On May 11, 2011, the DREAM Act was reintroduced in the Senate (S. 952) by Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and in the House of Representatives (H.R. 1842) by Howard Berman (D-Calif.), Illeana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.)
and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.).
The 2019 Dream and Promise Act builds upon the Dream Act, and the bill would provide a pathway to citizenship for over two million people, including immigrant youth and beneficiaries of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforcement Departure (DED) programs.
“The immigrant youth and families of United We Dream wholeheartedly support the passage of the Dream and Promise Act in the House of Representatives,” said Cristina Jimenez, executive director and co-founder of United We Dream. “The bill includes groundbreaking policy changes which will set the stage for immigration reform bills of the future.”
United We Dream is made up of over 500,000 members, and five branches with over affiliate organizations across 28 states.
Nancy Treviño of FIRM Action, a grassroots effort of individuals and organizations to build support for humane comprehensive immigration reform, said in a video that the DREAM and American Promise Act of 2019 legislation would create a roadmap to citizenship.
“With the news of this introduction, we celebrate the first step towards an affirmative vision and the permanent legislative solutions our communities need,” Treviño said.
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