CHN ACTION - Help DACA recipients renew protection today

 

Fourteen years is a long time to live in two-year increments. Since applications opened on August 15, 2012, that's what DACA has meant: work, school, a life built — and a renewal date always sitting on the calendar. For thousands of people, that date is right now. The DACA Renewal Fund fully covers the $555 application cost for DACA recipients. We want to help every single person who comes to us asking for support — but our waitlist is long, and the fund is nearly tapped out. Chip in what you can to the DACA Renewal Fund and CHN Action to help power this critical program. The average DACA recipient is now 31 with children, careers, home and businesses of our own. And yet our protections have never been more precarious. In cities where immigration enforcement has surged, families stayed home — out of work, out of income, savings drained. Months later, those same families are the ones whose DACA is lapsing, and the money for the fee is gone.¹ Meanwhile, renewal appointments are postponed while status quietly expires and jobs disappear.² A court ruling expected soon could bar the roughly 80,000 DACA recipients in Texas from working in the state at all.² This is what mass delegalization looks like in practice. Not one announcement, but a slow squeeze until people are pushed out of status, out of work, and out of their home. Fourteen years after the first DACA applications were filed, the program faces its greatest threat yet. The most powerful thing we can do in the face of these attacks is to renew our DACA protections. That requires a $555 fee — a steep financial barrier for many DACA recipients. The stakes have never been higher. Every application we help fund is one more person who keeps their job, stays with their family, and holds their ground. Will you split a contribution between the DACA Renewal Fund and CHN Action right now to help us reach people before their renewal dates pass? If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your secure donation will go through immediately, split evenly between DACA Application Fund and CHN Action Chip in $10 now Chip in $25 now Chip in $50 now Chip in $150 now Chip in $250 now other amount Fourteen years ago, immigrant youth refused to be ignored and built something no one thought was possible. We're still here, organizing, and we're not letting DACA fade out quietly. Thank you for showing up when it counts, Nico, United We Dream 1 "Months after surge, some families struggling to pay for DACA, work permit fees." MPR News. July 30, 2026. 2 "For Texas DACA recipients, a fearful present and an uncertain future as protected status expires." The Texas Tribune. July 31, 2026. -- PREVIOUS EMAIL -- Bernardo, please see this important message from our partners at United We Dream. Fourteen years ago, on August 15, 2012, the first DACA applications were accepted. That day only happened because immigrant youth organized for it. We were told a program like DACA was impossible. We made it real anyway. Fourteen years later, we're in the most dangerous moment in DACA's history. The DACA Renewal Fund is now more important than ever. You can help us fully cover the $555 renewal cost so no one loses their status simply because they couldn't afford the fee. Chip in what you can to the DACA Renewal Fund and CHN Action to help power this critical program. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your secure donation will go through immediately, split evenly between DACA Application Fund and CHN Action Chip in $10 now Chip in $25 now Chip in $50 now Chip in $150 now Chip in $250 now other amount This administration is dismantling DACA through a thousand cuts while moving to strip status from millions more — a mass delegalization agenda that treats working people as disposable. About 500,000 people currently have DACA, and roughly 80,000 of them live in Texas, where a federal court ruling expected soon could stop DACA recipients from working in the state at all. This would mean tens of thousands of Texans would lose their livelihoods altogether or be forced to leave the communities, careers, and homes they've spent their lives building.1 Against all of this, the single strongest protection anyone has is to be able to renew their DACA without any financial hardship — and you have the power to make that happen for someone today. Make no mistake: in all 14 years of DACA, its protections have never been under greater threat. No one should have to build a life on borrowed time, and until Congress delivers a pathway to citizenship, the strongest protection DACA recipients have is a renewal filed on time. You have the power to help fully fund the DACA Renewal Fund. Grassroots donations of $25, $50, or even $555 add up to secure life-changing protections. Will you split a contribution between the DACA Renewal Fund and CHN Action today? If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your secure donation will go through immediately, split evenly between DACA Application Fund and CHN Action Chip in $10 now Chip in $25 now Chip in $50 now Chip in $150 now Chip in $250 now other amount Thank you for standing with us, Nico, United We Dream 1 "For Texas DACA recipients, a fearful present and an uncertain future as protected status expires." The Texas Tribune. July 31, 2026. CHN Action 2021 L Street, NW, Suite 101-219 Washington, DC 20036 Paid for by CHN Action

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