Campaign Action
Colin Kaepernick, the former 49ers quarterback who has been one of the targets of Donald Trump’s unhinged, racist outbursts for peacefully protesting institutional racism and police violence, has pledged $25,000 to assist undocumented immigrant youth affected by Trump cowardly ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In the midst of Trump’s chaos, there is good work being done, and Kaepernick is among those doing it:
The news comes weeks after Donald Trump announced via Attorney General of the United States Jeff Sessions the end of DACA, leaving the fate of some 800,000 young undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children in the hands of Congress.
In response, the 28-year-old NFL star announced his latest round of his 100K a month donation, with a quarter if it going toward children of immigrant backgrounds who are being affected by Trump’s repeal of DACA.
In partnership with United We Dream, the largest immigrant youth-led organization in the nation, Kaepernick’s donation will help fund the group’s text messaging service—which sends organizing, legislative, and breaking news alerts to over 100,000 members—and help pay for other immigrant-youth led actions and workshops across the nation.
And, the donation comes at one of the most critical times for immigrant youth, with no new DACA applications being accepted as an urgent deadline approaches in just days for those who are eligible to renew their status. Undocumented youth need our support, and they need a clean vote on the bipartisan DREAM Act now.