Our post is up! Located here:
https://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/news/blog/good-news-for-immigrant-dreamers-from-the-supreme-court-now-congress-should-act

The biggest unknown from an adult-ed point of view: Whether USCIS will
indeed re-open the DACA application process (which it seems they will have
to do, given the Supreme Court's ruling). If that occurs, there will be a
wave of potential new applicants who could qualify -- including about
66,000 "baby Dreamers" who have aged in to eligibility in the three years
since the program was closed to new applicants back in 2017. More
importantly, there are tens of thousands if not several hundreds of
thousands of older undocumented individuals who COULD qualify for DACA if
they were enrolled in high school equivalency programs.

So stay tuned -- we'll know more in the coming days as the lawyers dig in.

-Amanda (definitely not a lawyer)

--
Amanda Bergson-Shilcock, Senior Fellow
National Skills Coalition
Pronouns: she/her/hers

1250 Connecticut Ave, NW
Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 20036

215-285-2860 (mobile)

www.nationalskillscoalition.org http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/

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Dear Amanda and colleagues,

As we ponder the future of DACA and the DREAM Act by whatever updated name it can be brought up in the future, it behooves us all to have the conversation about policies and politics with our students.  While it is clear that we cannot use our classrooms to advocate for a particular position on a particular bill, and recognizing that many students are not citizens and thus cannot vote, it is important for adult learners to be well educated on the issues that affect them.  We need to take advantage of the months before the election where we will continue having online classes and webinars to educate our students about:

• DACA and the DREAM Act;
• the differences between them;
• who supports each and why;
• who opposes each and why;
• what is the impact of the DACA eligible population in our nation’s economy and today, most importantly, on the response to the pandemic;
• what would be the impact of comprehensive immigration reform;
• what is the impact of documented and undocumented immigration in our communities, and
• what is the history of the immigration system in the USA including how opposition to immigration today is not new and what has been done historically to overcome that opposition.

EL Civics education includes understanding the issues that affect our students and communities.  We are not telling them how to vote.  If each of us adult education and literacy teachers and trainers do our part properly, our students will reach their own conclusions armed with the right information.

There are organizations and leaders who will be happy to provide resources to make this happen.  I am always willing to do PD on these issues.  We need to engage in this conversation far and wide because we all know that much is at risk for our students depending on the outcome of the elections and we must inform our citizenry.

federico

Federico Salas-Isnardi
Adult Literacy Educator – Diversity and Inclusion Trainer – Materials Writer

Diversity is God's gift to us.  Unity is our gift to each other.

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From: Members members-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org On Behalf Of Amanda Bergson-Shilcock
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2020 3:43 PM
To: members@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org
Subject: [NCL Members] NSC's new blog post on Supreme Court DACA ruling

Our post is up! Located here:  https://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/news/blog/good-news-for-immigrant-dreamers-from-the-supreme-court-now-congress-should-act

The biggest unknown from an adult-ed point of view: Whether USCIS will indeed re-open the DACA application process (which it seems they will have to do, given the Supreme Court's ruling). If that occurs, there will be a wave of potential new applicants who could qualify -- including about 66,000 "baby Dreamers" who have aged in to eligibility in the three years since the program was closed to new applicants back in 2017. More importantly, there are tens of thousands if not several hundreds of thousands of older undocumented individuals who COULD qualify for DACA if they were enrolled in high school equivalency programs.

So stay tuned -- we'll know more in the coming days as the lawyers dig in.

-Amanda (definitely not a lawyer)

--
Amanda Bergson-Shilcock, Senior Fellow
National Skills Coalition
Pronouns: she/her/hers
1250 Connecticut Ave, NW
Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 20036
215-285-2860 (mobile)
www.nationalskillscoalition.orghttp://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/
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