Young DACA Immigrants Struggle With What’s Next

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Los Angeles March for Immigrant Rights in September called for the end the surveillance, deportations and criminalization of undocumented peoples. Creative Commons image by Flickr user

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As  hope dwindles to  resolve the status of young unauthorized immigrants, the possibility looms for many  that they could face deportation.

Since 2012, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has provided roughly 800,000 young immigrants, who arrived as children in the U.S., with temporary work permits and protection from deportation,  renewable every two years.

In September, the Trump administration rescinded the program and called on Congress to find a solution to the young immigrants’ status. 

Read the story at KQED News Fix/KPCC.

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