The history of immigration policy in the United States has long-been informed by racism and white supremacy, which has put forth ideas about who belongs and which groups are deemed “worthy” of consideration into the nation. From the Naturalization Act of 1790 which limited citizenship to “free white persons,” to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which prohibited immigration of all Chinese laborers until 1943, to the “Mexican Repatriation” program in 1929 that forced one million people of Mexican descent to leave the US, the majority of whom were US citizens, US immigration policy has deep roots in racism. In support of undocumented communities, the Center for Racial Justice in Education sees the current attack on immigrants as a human rights issue. We have compiled this resource guide to support educators, youth, families, advocates, and all communities impacted by Trump’s decision to end DACA.
For Educators
- United We Dream: #HereToStay Toolkit K-12 & Higher Education Educators & Schools
- Resources for Educators Supporting Dreamers Prepared – National Education Association
- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Toolkit for Educators Prepared – Educators for Fair Consideration
- The End of DACA—What This Means for Educators and Students Prepared – National Education Association
- Safe Space Visuals: For use as stickers, posters in your classroom/around school Prepared – Teach Dream NYC
- Resources for Protecting Dream-ers – WeAreHereToStay.org
- Ways You Can Help Undocumented Youth Prepared – National Education Association
- Resource Guide: Supporting Undocumented Youth – U.S. Department of Education
- Immigration: Protecting Our Students – The American Federation of Teachers
- Immigration Lesson Plans – The American Federation of Teachers
- An Educator’s Guide to the Immigration Debate – Teaching Tolerance
- The Human Face of Immigration:Students challenge stereotypes when they see the people behind the slogans. – Teaching Tolerance
- DACA Decision Puts DREAMers Back in Limbo: What You Can Do – Teaching Tolerance
For Families:
- If DACA Ends, Here’s What The Program’s Recipients Need To Know About Their Rights – Immigrant Legal Resource Center
- How to Protect Yourself and Your Family as DACA Ends – Meyer Law Office (Adapted from Immigrant Legal Resource Center)
- DACA Update: 5 Things you should know Prepared – United We Dream
- What Do I Need to Know about the End of DACA? (Community Advisory) Prepared – Immigrant Legal Resource Center
- Top 5 Things to Know About President Trump’s Announcement to End DACA Prepared – WeAreHereToStay.Org
- Know Your Rights: What to do if you’re Questioned About Your Immigration Status Prepared – the ACLU
- The Dream.US Resource Library – The Dream.US
- Know Your Rights: What to Do if You’re Stopped – Police, Immigration Agents, or the FBI Prepared – the ACLU
- NYC Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Affairs: DACA General Information and Support Services – The New York City Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Affairs
Immigrant Rights Organizations/General Information/Mobilization:
- Here To Stay: Protect Immigrant Youth
- United We Dream
- Make the Road NY/Se Hace Camino NY
- Dreamers FWD
- RAISE
- DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving)
- NYSYLC
- Families For Freedom
- Detention Watch Network
- Raices
- Human Rights Initiative of North Texas (HRI)
- Workers Defense Project/Proyecto Defensa Laborar
- Bernardo Kohler Center
For Employers:
- Do DACA ‘Dreamers’ Work For Your Company? Here’s What You’ll Need to Know – Annalyn Kurtz
- FAQS: DACA Recession and Workplace Rights Prepared – WeAreHereToStay.org
Self-Care/Mental Health Resources:
- Mental Health Emergency Toolkit Prepared – WeAreHereToStay.org
- Mental Health Resources Prepared – WeAreHereToStay.org
- 5 Ways People Of Color Can Foster Mental Health And Practice Restorative Healing – Threads of Solidarity
Op-Ed/Think Pieces:
- Immigrants Shouldn’t Have to Be ‘Talented’ to Be Welcome – Masha Gessen
- How DACA pits ‘good immigrants’ against millions of others – Joel Sati
- Ending DACA isn’t about the rule of law. It’s about race. – Christopher Pettrella
- Why Don’t They Just Get In Line? There Is No Line for Many Unauthorized Immigrants Prepared – the American Immigration Council
- 4 lies Jeff Sessions told to justify ending DACA And one misleading claim. – Ella Nilsen, Alexia Fernandez Campbell, and Dylan Matthews.
- There’s a Reason So Many Latino Immigrants Are “Illegal” and European Immigrants Aren’t (The Reason Is Racism). – Ben Mathis-Lilley
- Obama protected me from deportation. Now my fate is in Trump’s hands – Ivy Teng Lei
- DACA Changed My Life. And I’m Here to Stay. – Diana, Member of Youth Power Project at Make the Road NY
- Black, Undocumented And Fighting To Survive – Gabrielle Jackson
- With DACA Gone, Black Immigrants Find Themselves in the Cross Hairs – Collier Meyerson
- The Looming Uncertainty for Dreamers Like Me – Ricardo Aca
- Ending DACA was an act of pure cruelty – Trump – LA Times Editorial Board