NCAPA Welcomes the Bipartisan DREAM Act of 2017

The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) welcomes yesterday’s introduction of the DREAM Act of 2017 by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC). This bipartisan bill gives legal status and a pathway to citizenship to undocumented immigrants who came to this country as children and is just one step in fixing our broken immigration system.

NCAPA also urges President Trump to unequivocally protect the Deferred Access for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, preventing deportation and protecting the jobs of nearly 800,000 DREAMers.

The following NCAPA members also issued statements:

• Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC

• Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA)

• National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC)

• OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates

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Based in Washington, D.C., the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans is a coalition of 34 national Asian Pacific American organizations that serves to represent the interests of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities and to provide a national voice for our communities’ concerns. Our communities are the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in the United States, currently making up approximately six percent of the population.