remain committed to working with President Biden and my colleagues to protect DACA and provide all immigrant youth with the opportunities and support they need to succeed
Work with President Biden and colleagues to protect DACA and support immigrant youth with opportunities and support.
Occurrences
Evidence
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“I will never give up my fight to ensure Dreamers permanent status and a pathway to citizenship and remain committed to working with President Biden and my colleagues to protect DACA and provide all immigrant youth with the opportunities and support they need to succeed.” The release also says he commended the Biden-Harris Administration’s effort to expand affordable health care coverage to DACA recipients.
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The page states Espaillat is ‘leading the way on comprehensive immigration reform’ and lists DACA-related work, including the BRIDGE Act: ‘Provide temporary relief from deportation and employment authorization to individuals who are eligible for the Department of Homeland Security's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program.’ It also shows recent 2025–2026 immigration activity, including opposition to DHS funding and immigration oversight actions.
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The framework, co-led by Adriano Espaillat and Rob Menendez, includes the directive to ‘Protect America’s Dreamers and DACA Recipients through Congressional and ...’ and broader immigrant-support policy proposals.
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This March 31, 2026 press release shows Espaillat continuing active legislative and caucus work in the 119th Congress, but it is unrelated to DACA or immigrant-youth support.
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GovInfo's Congressional Record Index entry for the American Dream and Promise Act lists the 119th Congress, 2nd Session and identifies congressional bills H. Res. 1414 and H.R. 1589. The current-document text says: "Enact (H.R. 1589): consideration (see H. Res. 1414), H4369 [2JY]" and separately lists remarks in House on enacting H.R. 1589.
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The Clerk page states the discharge motion seeks to discharge the Rules Committee from H. Res. 1414, a resolution providing for consideration of H.R. 1589, which would authorize cancellation of removal and adjustment of status. The signer list shows Adriano Espaillat of New York's 13th District signed on July 21, 2026; the latest visible additions are numbered 212 and 213 on September 1, 2026.
Assessments
Espaillat has clear same-term effort on the promise: public advocacy with the Biden administration, leadership in Congressional Hispanic Caucus immigration work, DACA/Dreamer-focused legislative support, and a July 21, 2026 signature on the discharge petition for H.R. 1589, the American Dream and Promise Act. However, the core durable outcome of protecting DACA or creating permanent status/pathway protections for Dreamers has not been enacted, and current DACA remains legally constrained. Biden-era administrative support such as expanded health coverage for DACA recipients provides some policy progress, but the evidence does not show Espaillat personally delivered the full promised federal protection. This warrants partial credit with an effort badge rather than full delivery.
The promise is framed as working with President Biden and colleagues to protect DACA and support immigrant youth, not as a guaranteed final enactment. Evidence shows Espaillat publicly made this commitment, backed Biden administration action expanding health coverage to DACA recipients, and continued broader pro-DACA legislative and caucus advocacy. However, the record provided does not show that he secured a durable protection of DACA or a major completed policy outcome for immigrant youth attributable to him. There is meaningful effort and some supportive administrative progress, but not clear full fulfillment of the broader protection promise.