Students Walk Out Across the Country Against Attacks on DACA
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Friday, November 8—Hundreds of college and high school students walked out and joined with people of all ages against the Trump/Pence regime’s attempt to end DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). DACA is the federal program that since 2012 has given 800,000 “Dreamers”—undocumented immigrants brought to this country as children—temporary protection from deportation and allowed them to go to school and hold jobs. The end of DACA would mean these youths could be deported, separated from families and friends—or hunted down as “illegals” by ICE agents in the land they grew up in. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday, November 12, in a case about whether the regime can go ahead with eliminating DACA. Protest is being planned for that day.
Dozens of protesters have been walking from New York City to Washington, DC, under the banner “Home Is Here,” and stopped today in Philadelphia, where they were joined by many others. The march is also demanding a stop to the Trump/Pence regime’s attempt to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for about 300,000 people from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, and other countries who had been allowed to stay in the U.S. because their home countries have been ravaged by natural disasters, war, and famine.
In DC, hundreds from many cities and states protested outside the Supreme Court. In Oklahoma City, hundreds of youths poured out of eight high schools and the University of Oklahoma and held a spirited march and rally. Hundreds more from California to Florida to Arizona walked out on the day of protest. They raised the chants “Home is here,” “Here to stay,” and “Undocumented, Unafraid.” More school walkouts and other protests are planned for next week.
“Up up with liberation! / Down down with deportation!”
— Make the Road Action 🦋 (@MaketheRoadAct) November 10, 2019
The #HomeIsHere march is 💥LIT💥, closing in on 230 miles to the Supreme Court for DACA and TPS! pic.twitter.com/d3wh5STADM
JUST NOW from Oklahoma: High school students walking out of US Grant in support of #DACA recipients and all our immigrant communities. #HereToStay #HomeIsHere pic.twitter.com/rVa6g8Sx35
— rodrigo (@orrchards) November 8, 2019
The #HomeIsHere march for DACA and TPS from NY to DC lands in Philly later this morning, led by @nakasec and others. Our @PhillyInquirer preview: https://t.co/lBsgc4oUXg
— Jeff Gammage (@JeffGammage) November 1, 2019
Decenas de personas marchan en Phoenix por #DACA. En el grupo de manifestantes hay dreamers, familiares y aleados exigiéndoles a los legisladores que protejan al programa que ha beneficiado alrededor de 800,000 inmigrantes. Más a las 4 p.m. por @TelemundoAZ #TelemundoAZ pic.twitter.com/VxEeKNp0m6
— Valeria Aponte (@VaponteTAZ) November 8, 2019
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