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I’m a Jewish DACA recipient. Joe Biden has already changed my life

My life has been defined by migration and the laws associated with it since I arrived from Caracas, Venezuela.

|ByELIAS ROSENFELD
A rally in support of DACA in San Francisco, 2015
President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Major Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III National Guard/Reserve Center in New Castle, Del., Jan. 19, 2021

Joe Biden's day one: Two issues that have galvanized Jewish voters

Many will reverse the policies of the Trump administration. Biden will reportedly seek to rejoin the Paris climate accord, enact new measures aimed at combating the coronavirus pandemic

|ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
A rally in support of DACA in San Francisco, 2015

US government ordered to reinstate protections for 'Dreamers'

DACA protects 'dreamers,' immigrants who arrived in the US as children from deportation and grants work permits to hundreds of thousands of immigrants.

|ByREUTERS
Elias Rosenfeld with U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Nov. 12, 2019, the day oral arguments were presented in the case on DACA arrivals

A Jewish ‘Dreamer’ breathes a sigh of relief after SCOTUS preserves DACA

“It felt good” to receive the support, Rosenfeld said. “It’s important for Jewish leadership to be involved in this issue.”

|ByPENNY SCHWARTZ/ JTA

US judge in immigrants case blasts Trump's 'vicious' comments

The judge did not specify the Trump remarks with which he was taking issue.

JANUARY 31, 2018
ByREUTERS
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House

Israeli ‘dreamer’ threatened with deportation after accidentally entering Mexico

Yakobi’s DACA status expires in March, though he may be able to renew it for two more years following a recent court decision temporarily reinstating the program.

JANUARY 16, 2018
ByJTA
People march across the Brooklyn Bridge to protest the planned dissolution of DACA

Who are the Jewish ‘Dreamers’?

A number of Jewish immigrants to the United States will be effected by Donald Trump's decision to end the DACA program.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
People march across the Brooklyn Bridge to protest the planned dissolution of DACA

A Jewish 'Dreamer' fears for his future but refuses to back down

Elias Rosenfeld came with his family from Venezuela when he was 6 years old.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
ByPENNY SCHWARTZ/ JTA
A rally in support of DACA in San Francisco, 2015