Since November 2025, DACA recipients have faced months-long delays renewing their status — even when they filed on time. Work permits lapse. Health coverage ends. Deportation protections disappear. For 14 years, DACA recipients have kept their end of the bargain. Now JAC is demanding the government keep its.
Our Team “My vision for Justice Action Center is to bring fierce courtroom advocacy to currently unseen problems and to harness the power of the digital landscape to achieve lasting justice for immigrants.” –Karen Tumlin Experts in Our Corner
DACA has changed the lives of more than 800,000 immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children. However, the future of DACA remains uncertain. JAC will keep fighting to protect DACA recipients and uplift their stories. This page features storytelling by DACA recipients, narrative research findings, and resources about the litigation challenging the program. What
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Fall 2025 Communications Internship (Part-Time; Remote) Justice Action Center seeks a Communications Intern to join our all-remote team for a fall internship in shaping narratives around immigration and defending immigrants’ rights. About JAC Justice Action Center (JAC) is a social justice organization that combines the power of storytelling with impact litigation to bring justice to
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Karen Tumlin Founder and Director Karen Tumlin (she/her/hers) is a nationally recognized impact litigator focusing on immigrants’ rights. She successfully litigated numerous cases of national significance, including a challenge to the Trump Administration’s effort to end the DACA program and the Muslim Ban, as well as the constitutional challenge to Arizona’s notorious anti-immigrant law, SB
