DACA recipients worry about being ensnared in Trump's immigration crackdown
With the president already ending various legal immigration programs and the fate of DACA remaining uncertain, Dreamers fear for their protections.
DACA recipients are increasingly feeling more uncertainty as the fate of the immigration program protecting them from deportation continues to be challenged in court — at a time when President Donald Trump is pushing his administration to carry out “the largest deportation program in American history."
Under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, eligible undocumented young adults who came to the United States as children have been allowed to work and study without fear of deportation since 2012, when an executive action by President Barack Obama created the program.
DACA has been hanging by a thread for the past seven years as legal challenges from the first Trump administration and nine Republican-led states have made their way through the courts.
Last month, an appeals court ruled against parts of the DACA program but allowed it to remain in effect for current beneficiaries as the case continues.
With that court decision expected to be appealed and reach the Supreme Court — which could rule against the Obama-era program — DACA recipients worry the end of their protections could mean they could face deportation.
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