The union is donating $60,000 to groups financially helping dreamers renew their protection status – which costs $495 per person. The union says thousands of Los Angeles students, teachers and alumni face a tight October 5th deadline to renew their status.
UTLA President Alex Caputo-Pearl says Trump’s actions rescinding DACA are “a direct attack on our immigrant students and families and they are antithetical to our values as public school educators.”