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2 unusual facts about Prerna Lal


Prerna Lal

While the DREAM Act failed to pass the Senate in 2010, Lal's organization continued to push for executive action to stop the deportations of undocumented youth, and was rewarded when President Obama announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in 2012.

Through the use of social media, Lal helped build DreamActivist and United We DREAM into a nation-wide network of undocumented youth who organized to push for the DREAM Act and worked to stop deportations.



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