The Plight of Dreamers Needs Your Support - Newsletter 8/13/19

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A personal appeal to support Dreamers and the CMSC 

Dear Friend,

Our time is running out. Irreversible damage is happening to Dreamers like me all around the country. Throughout this campaign, I’ve had the chance to listen to the stories of some of the hundreds of Dreamers who applied for the Advance Parole Assistance Program with the California-Mexico Studies Center. 

And I want to share my experience with you. Unfortunately, the experience is not pleasant, as I was listening to the life stories that were being shared with me during interviews, I was also feeling the frustration within me knowing that our organization didn’t have enough funds to cover the costs of everyone’s application.

I listened as I heard someone share with me that their mother had just passed away a couple of days ago in Mexico, I listened as a young woman cried in frustration because she had to travel back to Mexico due to her own terminal illness to be with a dying grandfather, but didn’t have the $575 to gamble.

I was moved as many shared that they had to see their gravely ill family members through a FaceTime call. I just listened and it feels as if that’s all I could do knowing that the resources are limited.

Today I want you to know that they need your help, and we do too.

Our organization cannot continue offering assistance due to the limited resources we have.

Our fundraising goal for this phase of our National Campaign to Restore DACA’s Advance Parole is $50,000 to partially cover some of the AP application fees, our staff assistance, and the November 9-15 Washington D.C., travel expense, at an average total cost of $1,000 per DACA recipient for 50+ Dreamers to secure expedited approval of their applications.

Please donate today and join us in restoring DACA's Advance Parole.

Sincerely, 

Citlalli Ortiz, 19  
CMSC Counselor and CSULB Communications Major

DACA recipient from Long Beach, CA

Advance Parole Voices

Amazing application numbers show great humanitarian need for Dreamers’ demand for travel with Advance Parole

Given the large amount of applications for our Advance Parole Assistance Program, the CMSC direly needs your support! Please donate to our Advance Parole Application Fund Drive for us to continue our advocacy efforts to restore DACA's Advance Parole and to help as many Dreamers apply for an Advance Parole permit.

We are raising funds to allow Dreamers to apply for Advance Parole, although the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) is currently denying this benefit, to pressure them and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to follow the court orders that reinstated DACA and to increase the awareness of Congress about the humanitarian cases and real-life stories behind Dreamer’s need for Advance Parole.