1. United States
2. Mo.
3. Letter

The Department of Homeland Security recently revealed that ICE detained 261 DACA recipients and deported 86 from January to November 2025. This isn’t the first time reports have emerged detailing the violent detention of DACA recipients. With ongoing attacks against DACA in court, including efforts in Texas to sever DACA recipients’ access to work permits, you must take urgent action to protect our communities and deliver bold protections like the Dream and Promise Act. In Florida, a DACA recipient was detained during a traffic stop and sent to the Everglades Detention Center. In California, Javier Diaz Santana, a DACA recipient who is deaf, was abducted from his place of work and detained without accommodations for nearly a month. Their detention — and that of thousands more of our immigrant neighbors — make it clear why you need to take immediate action to protect the millions of people who power our country. I demand that you take urgent action to release all individuals held in detention centers across the country, including the Everglades Detention Center in Florida. With millions of lives being terrorized and thousands having their constitutional rights violated, you must pass bold protections like the Dream and Promise Act now to prevent more of my community members from being abducted.