Official Daily Action for April 7, 2026
A judge has ruled. Congress must act.
From the National Immigration Law Center (NILC):
Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez, a mother with DACA protections, went to a routine green card interview when officers denied her application and detained her on the spot. Within 24 hours, she was deported and separated from her U.S. citizen daughter. Thankfully, last week, a court ruled that her deportation was a “flagrant violation” of DACA’s protections and ordered that she be returned to the U.S.
Yaa’kub Ira Vijandre, a 38-year-old DACA recipient and activist, was detained for exercising his First Amendment rights. The day after he filmed a city council meeting where residents protested ICE’s detention of a Dallas area Muslim community leader, agents took him into custody. He remains detained today.
Maria and Yaa’kub are among hundreds of other DACA recipients whose rights have been violated by the Trump administration. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that ICE has detained 261 DACA recipients and deported 86 in less than a year.
DACA has provided recipients with protection from detention and deportation for years, but these arrests underscore that permanent protections are more critical than ever.
This is a wake-up call: Congress must act immediately to stop these unjust detentions and deportations and pass a pathway to citizenship for immigrant youth.
ACTION: Send a message to your members of Congress to act NOW
BACKGROUND:
Maria de Jesús Estrada Juárez, a DACA Recipient, Speaks Out Following Return to the U.S. After Unlawful Deportation
The Story of a ‘Dreamer’ who was wrongfully deported and has now returned to the U.S.
Dozens urge Arlington leaders to call for release of detained DACA photojournalist
A DACA recipient objected to ICE’s detention of a community member. He’s now facing deportation
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