The Movement to Protect Dreamers Is Still Divided on the Details
11.17.17, 07:00 am
Wednesday morning, Todd Schulte stood before a podium, dressed in a grey suit and orange tie, to talk about the urgent need for legislation that protects undocumented people who came to the United States as children, also known as Dreamers. Since Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Trump administration's intention to rescind an Obama-era protection for Dreamers called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, immigration advocates like Schulte have rushed to get such legislation passed.
Wednesday's speech was hardly the first time Schulte has given such a talk. As president of the tech-backed immigration advocacy group FWD.us, he has helped lead Silicon Valley's idealistic drive to pass immigration reform since 2013. But this time around, standing inside the Chamber of Commerce building in Washington DC, Schulte, a former Democratic political operative, knew he was pleading the case for Dreamers to a much broader—and more receptive—audience than ever before.
Correction 11/17/2017 12:38 PM EST An earlier version of this story misstated Rep. Gutierrez's home state.
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