{"id":1792,"date":"2017-08-15T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/15\/dnc-chair-tom-perez-on-the-5th-anniversary-of-the-enactment-of-daca-and-day-of-action\/"},"modified":"2017-08-15T14:55:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T14:55:00","slug":"dnc-chair-tom-perez-on-the-5th-anniversary-of-the-enactment-of-daca-and-day-of-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-chair-tom-perez-on-the-5th-anniversary-of-the-enactment-of-daca-and-day-of-action\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Chair Tom Perez on the 5th Anniversary of the Enactment of DACA and Day of Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement on the on the <\/em><em>fifth Anniversary of the Enactment of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the Day of Action held in more than<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/event_campaigns\/defend-daca\"> <em>30 cities<\/em><\/a><em> today:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Democrats are proud to stand with Americans across the country marching in support of immigrant families. When President Obama established DACA, it transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. Five years ago today, DACA gave these DREAMers a new opportunity to step out of the shadows, contribute to their communities, and strive for the American Dream.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If President Trump bends to the wishes of extremists in his own Party and ends DACA, these immigrant families will be forced once again to live in fear of having their lives uprooted by deportation, shattering their communities and making us all less safe.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Democrats believe that America is a compassionate nation, that our diversity is our strength, and that we should work across party lines to fix our broken immigration system. We will continue to support DREAMERS, immigrant communities, and the organizations working tirelessly on the frontline of the fight to preserve DACA.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>El Director del Comit&eacute; Nacional Dem&oacute;crata, Tom P&eacute;rez, realiz&oacute; las siguientes declaraciones en el quinto aniversario de la entrada en vigencia del programa de Acci&oacute;n Diferida para Llegadas en la Ni&ntilde;ez (DACA) y el D&iacute;a de Acci&oacute;n en su defensa que se realiza hoy en m&aacute;s de <a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/event_campaigns\/defend-daca\">30 ciudades<\/a> del pa&iacute;s:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Los dem&oacute;cratas estamos orgullosos de apoyar a quienes en todo el pa&iacute;s levantan sus voces a favor de las familias inmigrantes. Cuando el presidente Obama hizo posible el DACA, transform&oacute; la vida de cientos de miles de inmigrantes que fueron tra&iacute;dos a los Estados Unidos como ni&ntilde;os. Hace cinco a&ntilde;os un d&iacute;a como hoy, los DREAMers recibieron una oportunidad de salir de las sombras, contribuir a sus comunidades, y luchar por el Sue&ntilde;o Americano.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Si el presidente Trump cede ante los deseos de los extremistas de su partido y termina con DACA, estas familias inmigrantes se ver&aacute;n forzados a vivir de nuevo con miedo de que sus vidas sean destruidas por la deportaciones, devastando comunidades y haci&eacute;ndonos a todos menos seguros.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Los dem&oacute;cratas creemos que Estados Unidos es una naci&oacute;n compasiva, que nuestra diversidad es nuestra fortaleza y &#8203;&#8203;que debemos trabajar m&aacute;s all&aacute; de nuestra ideolog&iacute;a partidista para arreglar nuestro da&ntilde;ado sistema de inmigraci&oacute;n. Seguiremos apoyando a los DREAMers, comunidades de inmigrantes y las organizaciones que trabajan incansablemente al frente de la lucha por preservar DACA&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement on the on the fifth Anniversary of the Enactment of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the Day of Action held in more than 30 cities today: &ldquo;Democrats are proud to stand with Americans across the country marching in support of immigrant families. 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