FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 18, 2020 

David G. Brown, president and CEO, Greater Omaha Chamber; Wendy Birdsall, president, Lincoln Chamber of Commerce; and, Bryan Slone, president, Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry released the following statement in response to today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision blocking the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program:

“We have long supported our Dreamers – immigrants brought to the United States as children who are eligible for the DACA program in our country. To the 3,000 DACA young people who live in and contribute greatly to our communities in Nebraska, today we say, ‘You’re home.’  The Supreme Court decision is a cause for celebration. We support Dreamers. We support Nebraska and we congratulate our Dreamers, the Supreme Court and the tireless many who have fought for what is right, to achieve today’s outcome.”