Trump’s DACA Decision Expected Soon; Dreamers Prepare for Worst, Hope for Best Asia Fields - Bellingham Herald
go to original September 2, 2017

A young woman, who was brought to the U.S. as a teenager, overstayed her visa to get an education. Now she worries what will happen if President Trump repeals DACA. (The Washington Post)

Update: Immigration Activists Are About to Put “Everything on the Line" for DACA (Vox)

Undocumented immigrants brought here as children have been caught in the uncertainty of President Donald Trump’s changing messages about the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

DACA, the program started by former President Barack Obama in 2012, allows these individuals to have quasi-legal status by giving them work authorization and deferring deportation. Ten attorneys general from conservative states have threatened to challenge DACA in federal court if Trump doesn’t decide to end the program by Sept. 5.

Trump is expected to make an announcement next week. His stance on DACA has changed multiple times. On the campaign trail, he said he would end the program; at a news conference in February, he said Dreamers – undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children – were “incredible kids”; last week, top aides urged Trump to use DACA as a bargaining chip in an immigration deal with Congress.

There are nearly 800,000 people in the United States with DACA,  according to the most recent data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Dreamers are waiting to see what happens.

Read the rest at Bellingham Herald

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