Tell Your Representative to Sign the “Discharge Petition”
to Force a Vote on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Time is very short. Help Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) stand up for the brave, hardworking DREAMers! Click here to contact your Representative, and tell him or her to help bring a the bipartisan, overwhelmingly popularly-supported Dream Act (HR 3440) to the House floor, to cosponsor it, and to work for its quick passage.

Tell Congress to Vote on and Pass a Clean Dream Act

Click here to demand a vote on the DREAMers’ future

Support The DREAMers

Call the US Capitol Switchboard (202)-224-3121 and ask to be connected with your representative. Tell the staffer working on immigration that you want them to sign the Discharge Petition on DACA, and to cosponsor the bipartisan Dream Act (HR 3440). If they’re not available, ask to leave a voice mail message.

Here are the facts: in February the Senate failed to pass legislation on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Speaker Paul Ryan refuses to allow debate in the House, and President Trump continues to say that he will not sign a DACA bill unless Congress gives him billions in taxpayer money for his ridiculous “big, beautiful” wall.

Several months after Trump rescinded the Obama-era initiative, multiple deadlines have come and gone to fix DACA. Young people who have lived here most of their lives and are in every sense Americans are still being used as pawns in partisan political games. We have one last chance to move DACA forward before the midterms. Click here to demand a fair up or down vote on the bipartisan, overwhelmingly popular DREAM Act.

Now, we see a new effort by so-called moderate Republicans in the House to defy the Speaker and bring legislation to the floor. So far, nearly 20 House Republicans and one Democrat have signed on to a discharge petition. If all the Democrats and a few more Republicans sign, constituting a House majority (218), they can force debate and votes on multiple bills. The bill that gets the most votes passes. Click here to demand a vote on the bipartisan, overwhelmingly popular DREAM Act.

Of the bills now active in the House only the DREAM Act (HR 3440) has overwhelming support of the American people and traction in Congress. This bill, backed by most Democrats, would offer permanent legal status and a path to citizenship without tacking on money for a border wall and unnecessary border militarization. Other bills for consideration are the weak bipartisan bill (Hurd-Aguliar HR 4796) and the totally unacceptable Goodlatte bill (HR 4760), plus a bill of Speaker Ryan’s choice.

“It’s good that they are pushing to have debate,” says Karina Ruiz, President of the Arizona DREAM Act Coalition. But she and others, including Progressive Democrats of America, are concerned about the timing of the discharge petition. Are Republicans finally serious about passing this vital legislation or are they merely attempting to curry favor with a growing Latino electorate before the 2018 elections? Let’s find out.

Right now, it is imperative to contact your member of Congress and urge him or her to sign on to the DACA discharge petition and to support HR 3440, the DREAM Act. If 218 signatures are obtained, this legislative package could come to the House floor in June. Progressive Democrats of America will continue to stand with DREAMers.

DREAMer organizations and allies in the progressive movement will not stop until we get a clean Dream Act passed. Click here to tell Congress to bring the bipartisan, overwhelmingly popular DREAM Act up for a vote.

In solidarity,

Dan O’Neal for Donna, Mike H., Mike F., Janis, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Judy, and Dr. Bill—your PDA National Team

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