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LAKELAND Lourdes Villanueva’s phone began ringing even before she had learned about the latest development in the saga of the “Dreamers.”
As director of farmworker advocacy for the Redlands Christian Migrant Association in Mulberry, Villanueva has connections with local youths who fit the criteria for a program created under former President Barack Obama that provides protections for those illegally brought to the United States as children.
Villanueva has seen Polk County students benefit from the Deferred Action for Children Arrivals (DACA) program, but the opportunity hasn’t existed for others in recent years. Within months of taking office in 2017, President Donald Trump announced that he would suspend the program, prompting a series of court challenges.