About Us

Ryana Ali is a child of two parents who immigrated from Ethiopia when she was recently born. Fortunately, both she and her parents managed to acquire citizenship in the U.S. when she was younger. She has learned to be very grateful for the benefits and advantages of citizenship, but has seen what undocumented immigrants must experience. She does not believe that people should be defined by their status of citizenship and that people should have access to various benefits based on merit. Fortunately, DACA provides an opportunity for people to receive some benefits of citizenship without having to undergo the tests. Unfortunately, it does not provide a clear path to citizenship. Ryana wants those without citizenship to secure these benefits in a more efficient way. If that means a clearer road to citizenship through legislation, so be it.

 

 

 

Jacqueline Rivera is a senior at the University of Maryland, College Park.

A reason why she is passionate about this issue is because two of her close friends are under DACA and there has been many issues concerning DACA the past year. The President administration’s decision to rescind DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) created a vocal, nationwide movement to resist this inhumane attack on young people, their families, and our communities. Many are advocating for a clean and safe pathway to citizenship.

 

 

 

 

 

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Shakun Kaushal is a junior in the communications major.

Coming from a family mainly located in India, she is passionate about allowing the American dream happen for all people. She is a first generation Indian American so DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) Dreamers is a personal social issue for her. With interest in legislation regarding foreign affairs, she is interested in seeing where DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) will lead for the group of people that it affects the most.

 

 

 

Alexa Calderon is a junior, Communication major at the University of Maryland.

Being half Nicaraguan and half Guatemalan, with multiple friends from different countries, she feels very passionate that everyone and anyone who wants to come and be in this country and receive an education should have the right to do so. Since the Trump administration rescinded the DACA policy, she wants to try to find a way for a clean DREAM act to be achieved so that everyone can have the same opportunity of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness as promised in the Declaration of Independence, so long as they are in this same land as all of us.

 

 

Brendan Maranz is a sophomore here at the University of Maryland. He is a communications major, on the fourth track. He is a manager for the university’s men’s basketball team as well. He is from a small town in northern Jersey and am very grateful of the benefits and opportunities that he haS been presented. He is interested in this issue since he value acceptance, and he believes everyone should be given equal opportunities to achieve their goals, regardless of where they come from. We all share the same goal in wanting to advocate an efficient pathway to citizenship for the “DREAMERS”.