WASHINGTON—Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s announcement that they will be ending the DACA program.

Scott Roberts, Senior Campaign Director at Color Of Change:

“The white supremacists in Charlottesville who chanted ‘you will not replace us’ will be proud today, as Jeff Sessions pledges to remove protections for 800,000 largely brown and Black immigrant youth. By setting a six-month timeline for disbanding the DACA program instituted by President Obama, Trump is doubling down on his commitment to white supremacists inside and outside his administration.

“800,000 brave young adults will soon be targeted with the threat of deportation. For years they have been contributing all they can to this country, whether through work or school. This is their home. Going after them is a moral outrage, even for the likes of Trump, who just last week pardoned infamous racist Joe Arpaio. Moreover it will be disruptive to our economy, as hundreds of thousands of co-workers and employees are forced out of their jobs.

“The ball is now in Congress’s court: pass the DREAM Act and ensure that hundreds of thousands of young people are allowed to continue studying and working in America. Similarly Congress needs to stand up to the other ways this administration is seeking to criminalize immigrants, such as ending the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for thousands of Haitian immigrants.

“Immigrants are integral to this nation, and neither Trump nor his white supremacist cronies will be able to change that.”

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Color Of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. We help people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. As a national online force driven by over one million members, we move decision-makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America. Visit www.colorofchange.org.