牛頓市長Setti Warren譴責川普廢除DACA

It's hard to imagine a crueler action President Trump could take than to rescind DACA. DACA recipients are Americans who have done nothing wrong and have voluntarily given their personal information to the federal government. Trump's plan is to now use that information to round up these Americans and send them to a foreign country they have never known. Its wrong and the implications here in Massachusetts are enormous.

 

As if Trump's plan wasn't cruel enough, Gov. Charlie Baker recently proposed a law that would allow Massachusetts police departments to be drafted into Donald Trump's deportation force. If Gov. Baker gets his way, our local and state police officers could be on the front lines of rounding up and detaining Dreamers. It's not enough to proclaim disappointment with President Trump's decision to end DACA while pushing a plan that would help him deport thousands of Dreamers who live in Massachusetts. Gov. Baker is trying to have it both ways, and with thousands of lives hanging in the balance, that is unacceptable.

 

The best way to prevent our local and state police from being drafted into Donald Trump's deportation force is to elect a Democratic governor and pass the Safe Communities Act. Donate to my campaign today so that we can elect leaders willing to resist Trump's cruel agenda.

 

With your support, we will elect a governor finally willing to pick a side and stand up to Donald Trump. 

 

Onward,

Setti

波市公校總監和教師工會會長聯袂聲明保護夢想者

Boston Public Schools and Boston Teachers Union Leaders Release Joint Statement on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

Statement from BPS Superintendent Tommy Chang and BTU President Jessica Tang

Today, Boston Public Schools (BPS) Superintendent Tommy Chang and Boston Teachers Union (BTU) President Jessica Tang released the following joint statement on the federal government's decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Act. "We stand shoulder-to-shoulder in fighting for the continued protection of all DREAMers, those law-abiding young people who have come to this country — often through no choice of their own — and have grown up and been educated here. These are hardworking students, employees, and even members of the military who enrich and strengthen our communities. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) reflects our values as a country by offering 800,000 of these young men and women the opportunity to gain a new freedom and security to work toward achieving their dreams, including getting an education and going to college, and to contribute to the country they call home. Eliminating DACA would drive them into the shadows, depleting our schools and our workforce of productive members of our society who simply yearn to pursue their dreams and fulfill their full potential. Boston’s educators remain as committed today as ever in continuing our work to protect and uplift all students, families, and communities. We remain steadfast in our efforts to ensure that we welcome and meet the needs of all children who walk through our doors, regardless of their race or immigration status. Day in and day out the principals, teachers and staff of the Boston Public Schools strive to create safe, welcoming and sustaining learning environments for all of our students."

麻州各界譴責川普將廢除童年入境者暫緩遣返法

A different opinion here first, and then many voices against removing DACA.

From a former CBP member:
It's too bad our politicians don't understand that daca was a lie to all the undocumented people. They only react without actually knowing that DACA never was a path to citizenship. All it was was a delay in the process. DACA was a lie and every two years the undocumented people were still uncertain as to their status.


https://www.facebook.com/MassAttorneyGeneral/videos/724216137786369/

We will not give up, and we will not lose hope:
DACA, the DREAM Act and next steps in Mass. and nationwide

Dear MIRA members, supporters and friends:

Today, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which has enabled more than 7,900 Massachusetts residents to come out of the shadows, attend college and work legally, will be phased out, with a six-month delay.

At a press conference at MIRA immediately afterward with U.S. Senator Edward Markey, Attorney General Maura Healey, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, Boston Schools Supt. Tommy Chang, community leaders and two Dreamers, we sent a clear, unified message:

We will fight to defend DACA. We will fight for the DREAM Act in Congress, to give young immigrants a clear, reliable path to citizenship. And we will fight for state and local policies to ensure that Dreamers and all people in our communities feel safe and welcome in our communities, no matter where they came from.

(Shared by ACDC on facebook)

Ending DACA is a needless act of cruelty by an administration that has been relentlessly anti-immigrant. Now, just days after defying due process to pardon a rogue sheriff, the President wants us to believe he’s acting out of respect for the law, but this is pure political pandering, at the expense of 800,000 innocent, hard-working people.

It’s also unwise and antithetical to American values.

DACA works: 97% of beneficiaries are employed or in school, paying taxes and contributing to our economy. Ending it will cost an estimated 700,000 jobs and $2 billion a year in tax revenue. It will force highly productive, skilled workers underground, harming U.S. businesses and impoverishing our communities. This is why DACA has overwhelming support among employers, educators, political and faith leaders, and voters.

We suspect President Trump knows this, which is why he handed off the DACA announcement to Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The six-month delay to give Congress time to act is similarly disingenuous, and will cause even more chaos and confusion for very vulnerable young people.
We want every DACA beneficiary to know we stand with you, and we will work relentlessly to ensure that you’re safe and have the resources you need. We urge the President to live up to his words and support the DREAM Act in Congress; his leadership could be decisive.

Within Massachusetts, we will push ever harder for state policies that make everyone feel safe and welcome regardless of immigration status, including the Safe Communities Act and legislation to extend in-state tuition to all Massachusetts high school graduates.

MIRA will also work to ensure that Dreamers have clear, reliable information to guide their decision-making, as well as free legal advice and referrals. We will collaborate with partners across our Commonwealth to ensure that schools, colleges, employers, and cities and towns all have the knowledge and tools they need to support our young people at this difficult time.

If you are in the Boston area, please join us TODAY at 4pm for a rally at Sam Adams Park outside Faneuil Hall, to show solidarity with our Dreamers and send a strong message that we will fight together.

We will not give up, and we will not lose hope. We will stand with the nearly 8,000 Dreamers in our Commonwealth and do everything in our power to protect and provide for them.

Representative Michael E. Capuano — US Representative for Massachusetts District 7

1 hr · 

President Trump’s decision to end DACA is shameful and disheartening. The young women and men who are being targeted now did nothing wrong and should not be forced to live in fear because of a decision their parents made. With today’s announcement, the administration is displaying a troubling lack of compassion for these young people, who are now at risk of losing so much. I am co-sponsoring legislation in Congress that would restore DACA and give these deserving young people a path to citizenship. Today’s announcement also highlights the long overdue need for comprehensive immigration reform.

State Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz — Massachusetts State Senator

8 mins · 

Immigrants are Americans. Immigrants are bedrock to Amerca's heritage, our future, and our greatness. Immigrants are our friends, family, community members, and hard workers who make our economy stronger.

If President Trump & Congress come for the Dreamers, we will do everything possible to support all who are affected in Massachusetts

Michelle Wu — Boston Councillor

Yesterday at 5:20pm · 

Happy Labor Day, Boston! Today we remember those who helped build our country and establish workplace safety standards & worker protections. Hope you enjoy your end-of-summer celebrations!

Faust Denounces 'Cruel' DACA Decision

From Harvard Crimson

Faust Denounces 'Cruel' DACA Decision

By CLAIRE E. PARKER, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER4 hours ago

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Students gathered on the steps of Widener Library to advocate for the defense of undocumented students at Harvard last year. 

THOMAS W. FRANCK

University President Drew G. Faust swiftly condemned the Trump administration’s decision Tuesday to end an Obama-era program that protects undocumented youth.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions publicly announced President Donald Trump’s much-awaited decision on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program at a morning press conference at the Justice Department. Tuesday marked a deadline 10 states imposed on the Trump administration to end DACA, or else face a legal challenge, and Trump asked Congress to take legislative action before the program expires in March 2018.

“This cruel policy recognizes neither justice nor mercy,” Faust wrote in an email to Harvard affiliates of the decision. “In the months to come, we will make every effort to have our voice heard, in the halls of Congress and elsewhere, about the need for the protections of DACA to continue.”

The program, put in place by former President Barack Obama via executive order in 2012, provides work authorizations and protected status to undocumented young people who arrived in the U.S. at a young age. It allows around 790,000 youth to work and go to school without fear of deportation, including several dozen Harvard students.

In recent weeks, as the Tuesday deadline loomed, immigrant rights advocates, hundreds of U.S. CEOs, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have implored Trump to preserve the program. University President Drew G. Faust—a vocal advocate for undocumented students—sent a letter to Trump defending DACA last week.

Approximately 65 undocumented students attend Harvard, according to Katie M. Derzon, the Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion’s fellow for undocumented students. Since Trump’s election, the University has ramped up resources for undocumented students—hiring Derzon and a full-time attorney at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Law Clinic, bringing immigration law experts to campus to provide legal consultations, and circulating memos with guidance for undocumented students, among other measures.

With an announcement nearing, resident deans sent messages over House lists on Monday evening outlining these resources and expressing support for undocumented students.

—This is a developing story. Check thecrimson.com for updates.

Boston City Council President Wu Releases Statement on DACA

Council President Wu Releases Statement on DACA

Boston City Council President Michelle Wu released the following statement on President Trump’s decision to rescind the DACA program: “I am heartbroken today to see the Trump Administration announce plans to pull the rug out from under 800,000 hardworking, patriotic young people who call America home. The DACA program represents the promise of America -- that if you work hard, you have a place here. This decision not only strikes a blow at the young people who are rightly called Dreamers, but at the American Dream itself.

“Our country was founded on principles that we have not always fully lived up to, but each generation has bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice. This decision today is a step in the wrong direction: a step away from being a beacon of hope and opportunity to the world, and a step away from building a strong economy with the best and the brightest among us. It hurts our country, our Commonwealth, and our City.

“As the daughter of immigrants, as someone whose parents decided to make a home for me in America, my heart goes out to all Dreamers today.  The coming days will be uncertain and scary. But Boston stands with our thousands of neighbors who found security through DACA. Every single DACA recipient has contributed in countless ways to the fabric of America. We welcome you here in Boston, and will stand with you in the fights ahead.

“Everyone who knows in their gut that this is wrong, please call your Representatives and Senators. Make sure they understand how important it is to Boston, to Massachusetts, and to the country as a whole that we honor our promise and allow those who have known no other home but America to remain here safely.”

REP. LIEU STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S TERMINATION OF DACA

REP. LIEU STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S TERMINATION OF DACA

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

 “As an immigrant to the United States brought here when I was three years old, I know that our nation’s embrace of immigrants is what makes it great.  Trump's cowardly decision to end DACA goes against the very forces that have made America an exceptional country.  Deporting hundreds of thousands of Asians and Latinos—nearly half of whom were brought to the U.S. before the age of 7—is not only cruel, it will hurt our economy.  One report estimates an economic loss of $460 billion over the next decade.  I stand firmly with my Democratic colleagues to fight this action and do whatever we can to protect DREAMers.  I call on Speaker Ryan to work with Democrats to extend the DACA program through legislation.”

MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATS STAND WITH DACA RECIPIENTS

MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATS STAND WITH DACA RECIPIENTS

BOSTON – Massachusetts Democratic Party Chair Gus Bickford released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program:

“Today, the Trump Administration reaffirmed its agenda to vilify and punish our nation’s immigrant community – once again forcing them back into the shadows and tearing families apart. The President and extremist Republicans continue to ignore the fact that we’re a nation of immigrants and continue to undermine our American ideals of inclusion and diversity.

“Massachusetts Democrats – including our Senators, Congressional Delegation, and Attorney General Maura Healey – stand with the 7,934 DACA recipients in Massachusetts and the 800,000 across the nation who have long considered America home and have made great contributions to our economy, our society, and our communities.”

CAPAC Immigration Leaders Denounce Trump’s Decision to Terminate DACA

CAPAC Immigration Leaders Denounce Trump’s Decision to Terminate DACA

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Trump Administration’s decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the following statements:

Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27), CAPAC Chair:

“The Trump Administration’s decision to rescind DACA is a cruel and devastating blow to the nearly 800,000 young Americans currently enrolled in the program. This indefensible action is an open attack on America’s immigrant communities and undermines our core values as a nation. By definition, DREAMers contribute to the economy and obey our laws. By ending the DACA program, President Trump betrays his true motives. This is not about the economy or crime; rather he only seeks to further his xenophobic, anti-immigrant agenda, which continues to tear families apart.

“DREAMers are deeply woven into the fabric of our nation, including the many undocumented Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who arrived in the United States as children through no fault of their own. Thanks to DACA, many of these DREAMers have been able to come out of the shadows, give back to their communities, contribute to our society, and strengthen our nation. Targeting these individuals for deportation is both morally reprehensible and disruptive to our economy. Further, we will not be extorted by this danger and allow these Americans to be used as bargaining chips to further the President’s anti-immigrant goals, including the construction of an immoral and divisive border wall.

“I call upon Republican leadership in Congress to join with Democrats to take immediate action to protect our nation’s DREAMers. There are already bipartisan, bicameral proposals like the DREAM Act of 2017 which are ready to be voted on. We must pass a permanent legislative solution to ensure that our nation’s DREAMers can continue to pursue their dreams without fear of deportation.”  

Senator Mazie K. Hirono (HI):

“After months of empty rhetoric to the contrary, the President took the cruel and unnecessary step to eliminate DACA – exposing more than 800,000 young people to deportation. They are not criminals. They are inspiring young people aptly called DREAMers because of their dream of making a better life for themselves in the only country they know.

“Ending DACA is the latest step this President has taken to attack minority communities and stoke the fear and divisiveness that served as pillars of his campaign and inform his presidency.

“By shirking his responsibility to exercise prosecutorial discretion by upholding DACA, the President puts the onus on Congress to act. Congress must take appropriate action to provide permanent legal status to DREAMers.

“I want to be clear: I reject any effort to hold these young people hostage for an unnecessary waste of money like Donald Trump’s wall.

“I will continue to stand with these inspiring young people and groups all across the country to fight this latest cruel and totally unjustifiable action by the President.”

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), CAPAC Immigration Task Force Chair:

“President Trump is destroying the future of nearly 800,000 young men and women who were brought here by their parents and know no other country but this one. After toying with their futures and raising their hopes with talk of his ‘big heart,’ Donald Trump has shown exactly what his priorities are. He has once again sided with hate and xenophobia, putting in place a repeal that is cruel, inhumane and unjust.

“Over the last five years, DACA has improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of people who came to this country as children. This doesn’t even account for the ripple effect it has had on the family and friends of DACA recipients or the positive impact of DACA on our society more broadly. Across the nation, companies, schools and communities have greatly benefited from the talent, skill and unique perspective of the young people granted DACA status in America. The moral cost of repealing DACA is immeasurable. Economically, our country will lose $460.3 billion in GDP over the next decade from this repeal.

“I call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to immediately pass stand-alone legislation to protect Dreamers.

“Let me be clear: Our immigrant brothers and sisters are here to stay. Not only are they welcome in our communities – they are essential to our communities. I will continue to fight alongside Dreamers and the immigrant rights movement. I ask my Republican colleagues to consider which side of justice they wish to be on, and join us in passing legislation to protect Dreamers once and for all.”