– On Friday morning, Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles), higher education officials, and numerous immigration service providers will hold a press conference to encourage DACA recipients to apply for status renewals quickly.
WHAT: #StayDACA Press Conference
WHO: The Honorable Miguel Santiago, Assemblymember, 53rd District
Sydney Kamlager, President, LA Community College District Board of Trustees
Francisco Rodriguez, Chancellor, Los Angeles Community College District
Dr. Mary Gallagher, Interim President, Los Angeles City College
Joanne Waddell, President, LA College Faculty Guild, AFT Local 1521
Sandra Diaz, VP & Political Director, SEIU United Service Workers West
Luis Perez, Legal Services Director, CHIRLA
Joon Bang, Executive Director, Korean American Coalition of Los Angeles
WHEN: Friday, January 26, 2018
10:30 a.m.
WHERE: Los Angeles City College
855 N. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90029
RSVP: (213) 620-4646
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, often referred to as “Dreamers,” have until March to take advantage of an unexpected window of time between their current status expiration and the program’s scheduled end, in March. The DACA program grants some immigrants two-year renewable permits to live, work, and study in the United States. Reapplying for DACA renewals now could provide some Dreamers with an additional two years of protected status.
#StayDACA is the slogan and hashtag partner organizations will be using to help spread the word to Dreamers about the urgency of reapplying for their DACA renewal.
Assemblymember Miguel Santiago is the Chair of the Assembly’s Communications and Conveyance Committee, and a member of the Assembly’s Education and Health Committees and the California Latino Legislative Caucus. He represents the 53rd District
composed of the cities of Los Angeles, Huntington Park, and Vernon.