Recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are bracing for potential challenges to their status in the country during President-elect Donald Trump's second term in the White House

Summary

Obama-era DACA recipients are deeply concerned about their future as Donald Trump prepares for a second term.

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, created in 2012 to protect undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, faces legal challenges and potential termination.

A 2021 ruling blocked new applications, and the program’s legality is under review, likely heading to the Supreme Court.

Advocates are urging the Biden administration to act quickly to support recipients, while Trump’s immigration hardline stance raises fears of deportation and family separations.

  • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
    471·
    14 days ago

    Well since he keeps saying he’ll end it, this seems reasonable to worry about. Hopefully they have family abroad, becasue nobody is going to do shit to actually prevent this.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      421·
      14 days ago

      I’ve heard stories about people who were brought over to the U.S. illegally as infants and are deported to the country of their birth at age 25 without even knowing the language. NPR did a feature on one of them a few years ago. A guy who got deported to Guatemala City and he didn’t speak any Spanish.