Celebrities are urging White House adviser and first daughter Ivanka Trump to support the DREAM Act, which protects immigrants who were brought illegally to U.S. as children and have already been allowed to work and stay in the U.S. under President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
In Instagram posts on Thanksgiving, several celebrities posted a message to President Trump’s daughter calling on her to use her influence to push for a “clean” DREAM Act by the end of the year.
“Dear Ivanka,” the posts shared by Olivia Wilde and Cara Delevingne began. “I see you’re following me on Instagram. This Thanksgiving I would be grateful if you use the influence you have to advocate for a CLEAN Dream Act by December.”
“Every day that passed without a clean Dream Act means anxiety and deportation for immigrant youth. 7,901 youth have already lost DACA and 122 more will lose it each day,” the messages continued.
The Trump administration announced in September that it would be rescinding the DACA program, which has put pressure on Congress to legislate some new program that would protect the nearly 800,000 DACA recipients.
A version of the DREAM Act supported by some lawmakers would grant work permits and a path to citizenship for the immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children. But Republicans have said they want tough new border restrictions as a condition of any new bill.
