Pass the Dream Act to Give Dreamers a Permanent Home
About 436,350 people held DACA in June 2026, which lets them work two years at a time but offers no permanent status, and roughly 300,000 U.S.-born children have a parent who depends on it.
The explainer behind this letter DACA Who DACA protects, what it can't do, and where it stands in court
The Facts Behind the Ask
- 436,350 active DACA recipients as of June 30, 2026; no first-time request approved since 2021 (source)
- 300,000 U.S.-born children have at least one parent who is a DACA recipient (source)
- S. 3348 the Dream Act of 2025, in the Senate Judiciary Committee since December 2025 with one cosponsor (source)
- 80% of voters backed an earned path to citizenship for Dreamers in a 2022 bipartisan poll (source)