In the days following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, there were whispers he would do away with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In anticipation of such a blow to young immigrants nationwide, I put out a call on social media, asking DACA recipients to share their stories with me: What was life like pre-DACA? How did DACA change their personal lives, their families’ lives, their community? What would happen if DACA was taken away?
The Obama-era immigration program has drastically changed the lives of an estimated 800,000 young people who because of DACA, can legally work, drive, and travel abroad. Perhaps most important of all, it has meant they have not had to fear deportation—until they had to renew their status.
[For more of this story, written by Tina Vasquez, go to https://rewire.news/article/20...youth-share-stories/]
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