{"id":3422,"date":"2019-06-11T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=3422"},"modified":"2019-06-06T09:57:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T13:57:35","slug":"icymi-american-dream-and-promise-act-clears-first-hurdle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/06\/11\/icymi-american-dream-and-promise-act-clears-first-hurdle\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: American Dream and Promise Act Clears First Hurdle"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_589\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-589\" style=\"width: 849px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/capitol.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-589\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/capitol.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"849\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/capitol.jpg 849w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/capitol-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/capitol-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The US House of Representatives passed legislation last week that would allow undocumented students to remain in the country legally.<\/p>\n<p>The American Dream and Promise Act would provide permanent legal protections and a path to citizenship for those commonly referred to as Dreamers. This legislation, which still needs to clear the Senate, would allow qualified undocumented students and others to remain in the US and pursue their education and careers without the threat of deportation.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNACAC is pleased that the House passed HR 6, and we encourage the Senate to pass it as soon as possible,\u201d Joyce Smith, the association\u2019s CEO, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/news--publications\/newsroom\/press-releases\/dreamandpromiseact\/\">press release<\/a>. \u201cHundreds of thousands of individuals have had their lives uprooted because of the administration\u2019s effort to end DACA\u2026This legislation is critical to ensure undocumented students have the stability and support they need to pursue their dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read NACAC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/news--publications\/newsroom\/press-releases\/dreamandpromiseact\/\">full statement<\/a> and learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/knowledge-center\/marginalized-populations\/undocumented-students\/\">supporting undocumented students<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\"><em style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US House of Representatives passed legislation last week that would allow undocumented students to remain in the country legally. The American Dream and Promise Act would provide permanent legal protections and a path to citizenship for those commonly referred to as Dreamers. This legislation, which still needs to clear the Senate, would allow qualified &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/06\/11\/icymi-american-dream-and-promise-act-clears-first-hurdle\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ICYMI: American Dream and Promise Act Clears First Hurdle<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-Tc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}