Immigration experts believe that the decision to require all DACA recipients whose permission expires in the next six months to have their renewal submitted by October 5 is a deadline that is arbitrary, unworkable, and cruel. It will result in tens of thousands of current DACA holders losing their protection from deportation and ability to work legally and contribute to our nation. We must ask Sec. Duke, Acting DHS Secretary, to meet with immigration advocates to discuss several policy recommendations, extend the deadline, and restore some measure of sanity to this process. 154,000 DACA beneficiaries have expiration dates between September 5, 2017, and March 5th, 2018. The actual effect of this Oct. 5 deadline is that there must be 5,133 applications filed every single day, including weekends, if the 154,000 current DACA holders whose permissions expire over the next six months are to be able to apply to renew their DACA. This would mean 214 applications must be filed every single hour, all night long, for 30 days. This is a mess. Furthermore, many DACA recipients will not have saved for the unexpected $495 expense. The result of this artificial Oct. 5th deadline is that tens of thousands of DACA recipients could lose their status, their jobs, their homes, and their security and be pushed back into the shadows. We urge DHS Secretary to take swift and immediate action to extend the DACA renewal deadline to January and meet with immigration legal experts immediately to hear other ways to rectify the current chaos created by Trump's decision.

We Must Stop Letting Mr. Trump use his Presidency for Foul and Racist things. We Want The Media to Stop giving him a Pass and to Call him Out Now! Nancy Pelosi, and The President of The NAACP Demand an Apology Now!

Congress will only create bipartisan workable healthcare if they have to have the same as the rest of us.

As a naturalized citizen, I'm horrified that the Department of Homeland Security could even muster the thought of proposing such a far-reaching piece of crap (legislation, sorry). To include millions under DHS watch is simply unthinkable and negates the personal liberties Americans value and hold dear. This simply can. not. stand.

A new White Mountain National Park would: 1) Protect our celebrated White Mountains from the degradation of Northern Pass. 2) Strengthen, diversify, stabilize, and boost the local economies. Reports confirm that economies around national parks are stronger than those that rely on boom and bust resource extraction. 3) Provides the flexibility to accommodate the current usages (e.g. all the current recreational activities) of the White Mountain National Forest through appropriate zoning. In other words, nothing is lost, and everything is gained. 4) Preserve vast standing forests which would absorb and store large amounts of carbon to help fight what is becoming undeniable climate change. 5) Provide habitat for wildlife that require large undisturbed expanses of forest and waters, which are increasingly rare in New England. 6) Recognize, at long last, the historic role that the Weeks Act and White Mountain National Forest has played in laying the groundwork for our National Park System. This groundwork has inspired the creation of national parks in over 100 nations beyond our shores. See more here: http://www.concordium.us/stewardship/

I'm angry and feeling complicit myself as we all see the choices Facebook has made, yet continue using and supporting them day after day. I think at the very least we should consider a three-day moratorium.

Through the 19th, 20th centuries, and now into the 21st century, America has pioneered Humanity's scientific and technological advancements. Our innovative spirit and grit has always made us a forward moving country. But after 15 years of funding stagnation and a proposed federal budget with devastating cuts to research, the United States risks ceding its scientific leadership and delaying medical cures and technological advancements. Sign our petition to make Congress see that Science Makes America Great!

I have never done an online petition. But flood conditions in Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands are becoming an humanitarian crisis. Did you know that the 3.8 million people of Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands are American Citizens too? As we support flood survivors in Texas and Florida, human decency requires that we also support US Citizens in the Caribbean too. These territories have given so much to develop our country. They and all people deserve a chance to live. The richest country in the world can do much more to help. Please sign this petition to insist that our country provides help to all American flood victims--not just those living on the mainland.

With hurricane Maria's devastation of Puerto Rico, the Jones Act does hurt recovery and the rebuild effort. Written 100 years ago, it does not apply to todays circumstances. The infrastructure of the Electric grid and the Puerto Rican debt is caused by this act. Its time to behave like its 2017 and not 1917. Make the change now and do what is right by the elimination of the Jones Act and our U.S. Territory for our Puerto Rican Families.

Our special needs children cannot speak, cannot defend themselves. They need someone to advocate while in class away from parents! We need to help our children communicate what is going on with them. Have you ever sent your child helpless and defenseless to school, not know what is going on or what is happening? Then when you get a phone call and don't know what is going on, you only hear the teacher's side. What about our children? What about their side? Help me get cameras in our special needs classrooms.

Because all grandparents should have rights to their grandbabies.

Last week, Puerto Rico survived the worst hurricane it's experienced in almost a century. This climate catastrophe has taken a toll on the island -- entire towns are flooded, potable water and other essential resources are running out, and it's predicted the island will be without electricity for months. Mainland Puerto Ricans haven't been able to communicate with their loved ones, and many are still being rescued. This is a humanitarian crisis that's being made worse by a deepening economic crisis. Hedge fund billionaires own much of Puerto Rico's debt -- they've been pushing for painful austerity measures while pressuring Puerto Rico to continue borrowing from Wall Street. These hedge funders have contributed nothing to the Puerto Rican people and are only interested in using the island as an ideal tax haven. Puerto Ricans are hurting. Those on the island are being made to suffer through no fault of their own while hedge funders profit from our pain. This is a crisis and Congress cannot wait to take action. While our representatives decide on passing an aid bill, they must take action to forgive Puerto Rico's debt once and for all. Join me today in demanding that Congress cancel Puerto Ricans and stop the continued abuse by hedge fund vultures by forgiving Puerto Rico's debt.