Dreamers blast Nicky Jam for endorsing Trump after he sought to end DACA as president
Dreamers are voicing their disappointment with Nicky Jam after the reggaeton singer endorsed former President Donald Trump last week.
Dreamers are voicing their disappointment with Nicky Jam after the reggaeton singer endorsed former President Donald Trump last week.
The endorsement Friday didn’t sit well with people like Adrian Escárate, a former DACA recipient who was featured in a 2018 video Jam did in collaboration with Spotify to support Dreamers fighting back against the actions of the Trump administration.
As president in 2017, Trump rescinded DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which allowed eligible undocumented young adults who came to the U.S. as children to work and study without fear of deportation. The Supreme Court blocked his move.
Escárate said Saturday on X that he shared with Jam the fears that overcame thousands of Dreamers after Trump acted to take away their immigration protections. "Fast forward to now where it seems Nicky Jam used me to promote his music + sellout our community. Thanks for nothing," said Escárate, a senior media strategist at the National Immigration Law Center.
In the 2018 video, Jam spoke with Escárate and two other Dreamers about the stakes of losing DACA. "When I heard the first things that came out of Trump's mouth, I said, 'Oh, my God, this sounds ugly,'" Jam told them. "It's obviously a racist situation."
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