ACLU joins over 520 advocacy organizations urging Congress to ensure Dreamers with expunged convictions receive relief under the Dream Act of 2017 (H.R.3440/S. 1615)

On September 26th, 2017 the ACLU and 520 other advocacy organizations sent the letter below to Congress to urge members to make two changes to the Dream Act of 2017 (H.R.3440/S. 1615): (1) ensure that applicants with expunged convictions under the Dream Act of 2017 are eligible for relief, and (2) update the Dream Act’s misdemeanor bar to require imprisonment of more than one year.