Alianza Americas, a network of organizations led by immigrants of Latin American and Caribbean origin throughout the United States, marks the 12th anniversary of the DACA program with great concern. “The expected death of the DACA program at the hands of the Supreme Court in 2025 creates uncertainty and fear for thousands of recipients,” says Dulce Guzman, DACA recipient and Deputy Director for Institutional Development at Alianza Americas. “While the program has created life-changing opportunities for individuals to feel safe and pursue their education and work, Congress has wasted time and failed to create a pathway to permanent residence,” added Guzman.
DACA recipients make significant cultural, social, and economic contributions to the U.S. “We are not an economic burden. We are key components of every part of the U.S. society. We are spouses, parents, children, employers, students, teachers, health care workers, artists, caregivers, among others, and we add billions of dollars to the national, state, and local economies,” said Carolina Ortiz, DACA recipient and Associate Executive Director at COPAL, a member organization of Alianza Americas in Minnesota.
We call on DACA recipients, their families, employers, and the community to start planning and preparing for the reality that DACA could be taken away. Alianza Americas will be actively working with its membership to organize around this issue. “This date should be a celebration of a policy that opened a path for a portion of the undocumented communities in the U.S. We should not fear the devastating consequences of our government's inaction or wrongdoing. Immigrant communities organized to win DACA, and we will continue to organize now to ensure we protect our families and communities,” concluded Guzman.
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Alianza Americas is the premier transnational advocacy network of Latin American migrant-led organizations working in the United States, across the Americas, and globally to create an inclusive, equitable and sustainable way of life for communities across North, Central and South America.
