The Time to Act is Now: CHC, CBC, CAPAC, and CPC Chairs Send Letter to Senate Leadership Urging them to Prioritize a Pathway to Citizenship for Dreamers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Dr. Raul Ruiz (CA-36), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Joyce Beatty (OH-3), Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Judy Chu (CA-27), and Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Chair Pramila Jayapal (WA-7) sent a letter to Senate leaders urging them to prioritize the passage of bipartisan legislation providing a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers.

"Without congressional action to protect DACA recipients, the U.S. stands to lose $11.7 billion annually in economic contributions from DACA recipients, and the federal government could lose out on as much as $60 billion over the next decade shrinking the economy by an estimated $280 billion. It is through your leadership that we must work towards a bipartisan deal to ensure that Dreamers can remain in the only country they have known," the Chairs wrote in the letter to Senate leaders. "The time for decisive legislative action to provide permanent protections for DACA recipients is now and as such we renew our urgent call to pass legislation that provides a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers to the Senate floor for a vote before the end of this Congress."

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The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), founded in December 1976, is organized as a Congressional Member organization, governed under the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives. The CHC is dedicated to voicing and advancing, through the legislative process, issues affecting Hispanics in the United States, Puerto Rico and U.S. Territories.