Pass the Dream & Promise Act: Create a Pathway to Citizenship

When we create a pathway to citizenship, we keep American families together, protect millions from job loss and mass deportation, raise wages for all working people, create new jobs, and build a stronger economy.

Take action! Here’s how you can help.

Tell your representative to support the Dream and Promise Act that would create a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers and people who qualified for TPS. If your representative already signed the Dream and Promise Act discharge petition, thank them for standing with immigrant communities. If they haven’t, urge them to sign on when they return to Washington, D.C. from August recess. Either way, your voice matters and your representative needs to hear from you.

Come November, revisit this page to see which representatives stood with immigrant families.

A pathway to citizenship is long overdue.

Every working family deserves safety, the opportunity to build a secure future, and plan for tomorrow. After all, we do the work that keeps America running.

We’re the healthcare workers who keep the nation healthy. We’re the care workers who help our elders and those with disabilities live with dignity. We’re the janitors who keep buildings safe and clean. Across every industry, immigrants and American-born workers do the essential work our communities depend on every day.

Instead of treating working families with dignity and respect, the Trump administration is stripping millions of people of their work permits and deportation protections. It has ended programs like Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti and other struggling nations and slowed the processing of DACA renewal applications to the point where many are losing status and work authorization.

Hundreds of thousands have already been stripped of their lawful right to work, many forced out of their jobs, and are at risk of being separated from their families, detained, and deported.

These are people who are registered with the government, regularly vetted, and have legally worked and contributed to our communities and economy for years, some for decades. But more importantly, they are our family, friends, coworkers and neighbors.

While their immigration status may be labeled as “temporary,” their lives are not. The families they have built, the American children they are raising, the homes they have made, the businesses they support, and the communities that depend on them are permanent. Their contributions are permanent. Their lives are rooted here and their existence is permanent. Their immigration status should be, too.

There’s a better way forward. Because forcing people out of their jobs, businesses, and communities will hurt all of us. Taking away a worker’s legal ability to work and provide for their families will not only devastate and disrupt entire communities, but hurt the U.S. economy as a whole.

The solution is a pathway to citizenship– and it’s long overdue.

What is the Dream and Promise Act?

The bipartisan American Dream and Promise Act would provide a pathway to citizenship for longtime residents. To qualify, an individual must be a Dreamer who came to the U.S. at 18 years old or younger on or before January 1, 2021, and meets other school, military, or work requirements, or be a national of a country that was designated for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), or Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) who has lived here for years and meets admissibility and background-check requirements. Countries are designated for TPS or DED when it is unsafe for their nationals to return. Applicants for Dream and Promise Act relief will also be required to meet criminal and other admissibility criteria.

What needs to happen to get it passed?

On July 20, 2026, Rep. Sylvia Garcia introduced a discharge petition for the Dream and Promise Act. A discharge petition is a way to force a House vote on a bill even if the House leadership does not want to bring it up. In short, it’s a way to bypass leadership and get it done. To force a vote, we need a majority of House members to sign the discharge petition. That means 218 members of Congress must add their names.

The Dream and Promise Act is extremely popular! In just three days after its introduction, 210 House Members had signed on. See who has signed below.

Members of Congress Who Have Signed On

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