Calling on Congress to Prioritize DACA Recipients and Dreamers and Pass Bipartisan Dream Legislation this Year

The Presidents’ Alliance developed a template letter to Congress, particularly the Senate, for colleges and universities to adapt and send to their Senators or to their state congressional delegations in the wake of the decision from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The recent developments underscore the urgent need for Congress to act to provide permanent protections for all Dreamers via a pathway to citizenship.  

The goal of the letter is to assist colleges and universities in sharing their support for DACA recipients, undocumented students, and other Dreamers by urging Congress to pass bipartisan Dream legislation this year.  The template does not discuss any particular legislation, and instead urges senators in the strongest possible terms to act now to reach a bipartisan compromise before the end of the year to provide protection and a pathway to citizenship to DACA recipients, undocumented students, and other Dreamers.

Letters can be sent by individual institutions, an institution’s Board of Trustees, or by a coalition of institutions from your state. See below for some excellent examples from our members. 

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Letters from Members

• Baruch College of the City University of New York, Letters to Schumer and Gillibrand
• Borough of Manhattan Community College – CUNY, Letters to Schumer and Gillibrand
• California State University, Letter to Senators Feinstein and Senator Padilla
• Colorado Higher Education Institutions (Colorado College; Colorado Community College System; Colorado Mountain College; Colorado School of Mines; Colorado State University System; Metropolitan State University of Denver; Adams State University; Aims Community College; Colorado Mesa University; Fort Lewis College; Emily Griffith Technical College; University of Northern Colorado; and Western Colorado University)
• Foothill-De Anza Community College District letter to Senator Feinstein and Padilla
• Metropolitan State University Board of Trustees
• The Ohio State University and University of Dayton letter to Senator Portman
• Utah Higher Education Institutions to Senator Romney and Senator Lee (Salt Lake Community College; Southern Utah University; University of Utah; Utah State University; Weber State University; Snow College; and Utah Valley University)