Tulsa DACA recipients respond to federal judge s ruling on new DACA applications
LOCAL DACA RECIPIENTS RESPOND TO FEDERAL JUDGE S RULING ON NEW DACA APPLICATIONS
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TULSA, Okla â DACA, the Deferred Action and Childhood Arrivals Program, allowed thousands of children brought to the U.S. illegally to get an education and jobs.
It also protected against deportation, but Friday a federal judge said President Barack Obama exceeded his authority when he created the program in 2012. Director of the Tulsa Immigrant Resource Network, Robin Sherman, said the ruling crushed the hope of an American dream for many DACA applicants.
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TUCSON (KVOA) We re people, DACA recipient Reyna Montoya said. We re real people who have tried to live despite the uncertainty.
Montoya was 21 when she first applied for DACA or the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program in 2012.
DACA was established by the Obama administration to provide temporary status for hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children by their parents.
But since the program s inception, its fate has seesawed in the courts. I m now 30, Montoya said. The only thing that has been consistent is the anxiety that we all face.
School is one of the many facets of daily life that was upended by the pandemic. For two CUNY students, who are immigrants, it taught them the value of what they had.