We Stand With Dreamers

If you are a DACA program recipient, please click here to learn how JFS can help you navigate and support you right now.

Show your support! Below you will find suggested social media messaging, fast facts, key statistics, and shareable visuals and graphics, and links to more information on DACA.

Dreamers Fast Facts

Today’s DACA recipients number more than 600,000 and are building careers and families across the U.S.
77% of DACA recipients are in the labor force, contributing nearly $12 billion to the economy each year.
Nearly 1 million U.S. citizens live with a DACA recipient
DACA protects hundreds of thousands of hardworking people – including innovators at top companies, approximately 29,000 healthcare workers currently fighting COVID-19, and teachers educating our children.
Dreamers are on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19; they are essential workers in our hospitals, grocery stores, fields, supply chains, and so much more. Despite the uncertainty, they’re still giving back to the only country many of them have ever called home.
The average length of time a DACA recipient has lived in the U.S. is 22 years.
DACA protects hundreds of thousands of hardworking people – including innovators at top companies, approximately 29,000 healthcare workers currently fighting COVID-19, and teachers educating our children.
Dreamers are on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19; they are essential workers in our hospitals, grocery stores, fields, supply chains, and so much more. Despite the uncertainty, they’re still giving back to the only country many of them have ever called home.
The average length of time a DACA recipient has lived in the U.S. is 20 years.
Polling consistently shows that DACA enjoys overwhelming popular support.

According to FWD.us estimates in the new analysis, in 2012 when the program was created:

The average age of DACA recipients was 21 years old;
Nearly half (45%) of approved applicants were enrolled in high school or college;
A majority (60%) of DACA recipients participated in the labor force;
Only 38% of DACA recipients had graduated from high school; and
Roughly a third (35%) of DACA recipients had attained some college education.
17% of DACA recipients were married; and
22% of DACA recipients had children.

Ten years later, DACA’s beneficiaries have built families and careers in the U.S. — and they’re contributing to our economy and communities at a time we need it most. Now:

The average age of DACA recipients is 28 years old;
Just 15% of approved applicants are enrolled in high school or college;
A majority (85%) of DACA recipients are participating in the labor force;
DACA recipients’ incomes have increased more than five-fold;
99% of DACA recipients have graduated from high school;
Nearly half – 47% – of DACA recipients have attained some college education;
37% of DACA recipients are married; and
42% of DACA recipients have children, many of whom are American citizens.

Toolkit

Download Instructions

Click on the image to open it in a new tab.
In the new tab, right-click on the full-size image and choose “Save image as” and then save to your computer.

To download all images for a specific fact, click Download All at the bottom of each section.

Hashtags

#InSolidarityWithDreamers

#EnSolidaridadConDreamers

#DefendDACA

#HeretoStay

#HomeIsHere

#Dreamers

Zoom Backgrounds

No JFS Logo

Download all

With JFS Logo

Social Media Posts

Fact 1

Nearly 1.5 million people share a home with a DACA recipient, including more than 250,000 children born in the United States.

Instagram

Facebook

Download all

Fact 2

The average length of time a DACA recipient has lived in the United States is 20 years.

Instagram

Facebook

Download all

Fact 3

Ending DACA would risk up to $460 billion in losses to the United States economy over the next decade.

Instagram

Facebook

Download all

Fact 4

29,000 Healthcare workers rely on DACA protections to be able to provide critical care to communities across the United States.

Instagram

Facebook

Download all

Download Instructions

Click on the image to open it in a new tab.
In the new tab, right-click on the full-size image and choose “Save image as” and then save to your computer.

To download all images for a specific fact, click Download All at the bottom of each section.

Resources

San Diego Rapid Response Network

DREAM Act Timeline

Family preparedness packet

Timeline of the DACA case in front of the Supreme Court with potential outcomes

Steps to take before the Supreme Court releases a final decision

Digest on DACA Developments

Virtual DACA Clinics by the National Immigrant Justice Center

Home is Here Campaign

National Immigration Law Center (NILC)

Top 5 things to know about DACA renewals (NILC)

Center for American Progress DACA stats

The Dream and Promise Act

JFS Op-Ed in the San Diego Union-Tribune

In this op-ed published on June 19, 2020, JFS CEO Michael Hopkins with Ellen J. Neufeldt, President of California State University San Marcos, discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to protect DACA recipients and how critically important it is that Congress takes action now to provide permanent safety, protection, and a pathway towards citizenship.

“And on a personal note to Dreamers: We stand with you and we are here for you. At Jewish Family Service of San Diego and Cal State San Marcos, you are valuable members of our communities. You have taught us what resilience, hope, and perseverance truly look like. You show up for this country every single day, and we will continue to do the same for you. We are in this together.”

Please click here to read the full Op-Ed