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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mini Timmaraju,
February 16, 2015 (832) 452-7038;
MEDIA ADVISORY: Representatives, Community Leaders Discuss Importance of Expanded
DACA to Asian American & Pacific Islander Communities
Press call on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 5:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 p.m. PT
WASHINGTON, D.C. The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) is hosting a call with members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), community leaders and
two DACA beneficiaries for community media and stakeholders on the first day expanded DACA
applications will be available from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The DACA program
expansion allows for a wider population of undocumented immigrants who meet certain requirements to
temporarily stay in the U.S. without fear of deportation.
Call participants will learn more about how DACA expansion could have a significant impact on Asian
Americans. Approximately 1.3 million Asian Americans are undocumented immigrants. South Korea, the
Philippines, India and Pakistan are part of the top 20 countries of origin for DACA requests submitted in
fiscal year 2013. However, DACA application rates among Asian Americans have been
disproportionately low.
WHO:
Representative Judy Chu (D-CA), Chair, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC)
Representative Mike Honda (D-CA), CAPAC Chair Emeritus and Immigration Taskforce Chair
Mee Moua, president and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC
DJ Yoon, executive director of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium
Ainee Athar, DACA Beneficiary
Raymond Partolan, DACA Beneficiary
WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 p.m. PT
RSVP: At this link http://bit.ly/DACAMediaCallRSVP Dial-in information will be made available to all who RSVP.
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The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA), founded in 1996, is a coalition of 34 national
Asian Pacific American organizations. Based in Washington D.C., NCAPA serves to represent the
interests of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AA & NHPI) communities and to
provide a national voice on policy issues and priorities.
