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The Dream must not be allowed to die America can t afford it.
By Veena Iyer, Laura Bordelon, B Kyle and Jonathan Weinhagen July 22, 2021 5:45pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Earlier this month, a federal district court judge in Texas declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA) illegal, upending the lives of millions of Dreamers. The decision will undoubtedly be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which can and should overturn the ruling. But the Senate is in the best position to respond to this ruling by creating a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers.
Currently, 600,000 Dreamers nationwide, including more than 5,000 in Minnesota, are DACA recipients. DACA affords Dreamers, undocumented young people who were brought to this country as children, protection from deportation and employment authorization so long as the program continues. But as the past four years have shown, the existence of DAC
Castro said he received approval on his renewal the same day his permit expired. It barely made it, but it was really stressful. There’s people that they have been waiting since December.
Like many other Dreamers, Castro still hopes for the day when a pathway to citizenship becomes a reality. That hope was diminished a little more after the ruling that halted approval of new DACA applicants.
In a statement, President Joe Biden called the federal ruling on DACA deeply disappointing.
Biden s statement also said, The Department of Justice intends to appeal this decision in order to preserve and fortify DACA. And, as the court recognized, the Department of Homeland Security plans to issue a proposed rule concerning DACA in the near future.
The program has allowed thousands of undocumented young people who were brought into the United States as children, or overstayed visas, to live, work and stay in the country.
“They applied with DACA but now they are scared,” said Castillo of her children. “Now we don’t know what happens after this.”
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen of Houston recently declared DACA illegal. The status of those already in the program will not change, and they can still seek renewals. But Hanen said the Department of Homeland Security cannot grant new applications for those who have never been in the program.
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