The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump Administration broke the law when it ended DACA, and has reinstated the full 2012 DACA policy. This meant a temporary respite for the 100,000 DACAmented Texans to keep their jobs, their ability to pay for housing and childcare, and relief from the immediate threat of deportation.
In defiance of that ruling, today’s attempt to partially terminate DACA is a further example of the Trump Administration's defiance of the Supreme Court and the continuation of the President’s three-year failed effort to terminate DACA. By slashing DACA benefits and setting the stage to end DACA in 2021, the Administration is declaring war on American values.
It’s an attack on the brave DACA recipients that include 30,000 Texas essential workers on the frontlines in healthcare, education, and food-related jobs, including health care workers, like doctors and nurses, who are helping communities across the country survive the COVID-19 crisis. Without support from state or local government, Texas will be ground zero for this crisis.
The organizations listed here are doing critical work, providing legal services, counseling, financial aid, access to mental health services, and more for families impacted day in and day out. Their work will have a direct impact for families during their most uncertain and vulnerable moments — and now is under threat from the Administration.
Will you donate today to support families in Texas impacted by this decision?
Fiel Houston
Fiel Houston is an immigrant rights organization that seeks to better the quality of life for people, keeping in mind the daily struggles they face as immigrants. They serve the immigrant community in Houston through a variety of activities and services including legal consultations, deportation defense, higher education counseling, and disaster recovery.
Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative
The Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative (HILSC) is a consortium of non-profit immigration legal services providers, outreach and advocacy organizations, law school legal clinics, public agencies, and private foundations. HILSC advocates for immigrant inclusion, equity, and justice by uniting and strengthening diverse allies, developing holistic immigration legal services, and supporting creative initiatives through principled, values-based collaboration. We provide funding to direct services providers, including those supporting the estimated 36,000 Houston area residents who have DACA. We are working with partners to provide financial assistance to undocumented individuals, legal representation to those facing deportation, and access to information about entrepreneurship and freelancing.
North Texas Dream Team
The North Texas Dream Team is a community-led nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance the dreams and goals of students; to educate and bring awareness to everyone, regardless of color, when it comes to issues in our communities. Since the inception of the organization in 2010, members and volunteers alike have helped the North Texas area uplift campaigns that affect the immigrant community and have helped stop deportations through deportation defense work and continue to give the community free services when it comes to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Their work has helped save DACA eligible individuals over thousands of dollars in legal fees and have provided many with scholarships to help cover the costs of their work permits.
United Fort Worth
United Fort Worth is a grassroots, cross-cultural, multi-ethnic community collective that works to oppose discriminatory policy, legislation and oppressive systems. The mission of United Fort Worth is to ensure justice for all and improve the quality of life for marginalized communities in the 817. We believe collective action advocacy is vital in the struggle for community representation and equal justice.
Texas Here to Stay
(Catholic Charities of Central Texas)
Texas Here to Stay is a coalition of immigrant legal services providers and advocacy groups dedicated to strengthening our diverse community by ensuring access to legal information and services for all immigrants. Texas Here to Stay holds free information sessions and legal clinics for individuals seeking immigration information and legal services. We offer a variety of events, including know-your-rights presentations, general immigration consultations, DACA clinics, and citizenship drives. Through these free events, Texas Here to Stay aims to inform the immigrant community of their rights and help individuals navigate the many service providers who can help them with immigration legal needs.
Mano Amiga
It is the mission, duty, and purpose of Mano Amiga to educate, advocate, coordinate, and organize alongside and in favor of immigrants and low-income residents in the rural I-35 corridor between San Antonio and Austin: Guadalupe, Caldwell, Hays, and Comal counties. Alongside writers, visual artists, musicians, and film-makers, we amplify the voices and experiences of people from historically underrepresented communities including people of color, the LGBTQIA+ community, people who have been directly impacted by incarceration, and women. With our partners in the big cities, we aim to construct an 80-mile-long zone of resistance to racist, anti-immigrant policies, deep in the heart of Texas.
UTSA Dreamer Resource Center
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Dreamers Resource Center, established in January of 2018, is primarily focused on educating the UTSA campus and San Antonio community members about challenges and best practices when assisting undocumented students in higher education. The Center provides support services to Dreamers in navigating academic, mental health, and legal resources. Ultimately, the Center serves as an advocate for Dreamers both on campus and in the community.
Laredo Immigrant Alliance
Laredo Immigrant Alliance (LIA) is a group led by immigrants and allies that fight for immigrant rights. It does so by engaging, educating, and organizing the community. LIA came into being when a group of regular Laredoans decided to stand up and organize against the racist SB4 bill, which is now a Texas law that allows local governments and law enforcement to do the work of federal immigration officers. Through organization and community support, the alliance has been able to advocate and bring urgently needed resources to the community. As the movement continues, the fight for a more just world for immigrants continues.
LUPE
La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) was rooted in the belief that members of the low-income community have the responsibility and the obligation to organize themselves, and through their association, begin to advocate for solutions to the issues that impact their lives. Serving the low-income immigrant community of the South Texas border, LUPE believes that for people to have ownership of this endeavor, they have to invest in themselves, their efforts and resources, to sustain it. LUPE is accredited by the Department of Justice to provide low-cost immigration services and defense from deportation. LUPE helps DACA youth process their renewal application. In the event that a negative SCOTUS decision comes, our team is ready to work with our partners to provide support to identify other sources of income and identify mental health support as needed. On an ongoing basis, LUPE works with undocumented and DACAmented youth to assure they reach higher education regardless of immigration status.
Las Americas
Founded in 1987, Las Americas is a homegrown non-profit dedicated to serving the legal needs of low income immigrants, including refugees and asylum seekers, victims of crime, and families seeking reunification. Las Americas’ attorneys and staff are committed to providing legal representation to those who otherwise would not be able to afford it. The El Paso port-of-entry sees the second highest number of people crossing into the United States by land, second only to San Diego. Since our inception, Las Americas has provided representation to more than 30,000 low-income immigrants in El Paso. Las Americas’ clients come from all over the world, and our staff has helped clients from countries as far as Burma and Cameroon.
Opening Doors International (ODIS Inc.)
Opening Doors International is committed to supporting families and protecting youth by providing humanitarian and expert legal immigration and naturalization services in a safe and supporting environment, regardless of financial limitations, race, religion, national origin, age, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation or disability.