CLASP

Following are statements from CLASP’s executive director, Olivia Golden, and research assistant, Vanessa Meraz, who is a DACA recipient.

A CLASP article about how the American Dream and Promise Act would expand eligibility for the DACA program and enable more people to become lawful permanent residents with a path to citizenship was cited.

If signed into law, the American Dream and Promise Act, or H.R. 6., would provide a path to lawful permanent residency and citizenship for Dreamers and other immigrants who call this country home. Here we list provisions in the bill that would promote the safety of beneficiaries…

This article cited a CLASP report about the impact the worksite raids has on immigrant families. 

In her op-ed for OtherWords, Vanessa Meraz tells her story as a DACA recipient and what President Biden's decision to preserve the DACA program means for her, her family, and other undocumented people in the United States. 

As a DACA recipient myself, I woke up on June 18th feeling the anxious anticipation we had all experienced over the past few months, but with a distinct notion that today was the day. That morning, I refreshed my browser one last time and read…

Vanessa Meraz was interviewed on a radio show about the recent DACA and SCOTUS decision.

Vanessa Meraz spoke about her experience as a DACA recipient and her response to the recent decision.

Vanessa Meraz was quoted about the recent decision on DACA: "The rush of relief I felt in that moment is indescribable and all I could do was cry to my parents. We didn’t expect this decision at all."

This Women's History Month, Vanessa Meraz writes about her mother to uplift the beautiful story of immigrant women in the United States.