Immigrant Activist Gabby Pacheco Has Concrete Advice for DREAMers

Immigration activist Gabby Pacheco has put together a list of concrete advice for DREAMers. It’s available on her Facebook account.

The tips are wide-ranging and still evolving based on comments from other activists. Some of the tips include:

• 1) Start saving money. I should be saving anyway, but in case DACA is taken away, it might be good to have a reserve for at least 3 months. So, if your monthly bills are $3,000 a month, then you should try to have a $9,000 reserve.
• 13) Make copies of all your documents – front and back -(passports, work permits, social security cards, driver’s licenses, etc.) and keep them in a safe place.
• 14) For those people who have kids. Take the time to have emergency guardianship papers in place, so your children don’t end up in foster care. You will need a cheap notary, so check with your local bank.
• 19) Prepare a phone tree, in case of detention you need to have one person that can connect/activate all of the parties that you want involved in your case through calls or texts messages.

 -KitJ