DACA ruling devastates young immigrants about to receive protections By: Newsy Staff and last updated 2021-07-19 19:21:18-04 "We live in with such fear and such uncertainty that it's just really difficult to continue." Leidy León was brought to the U.S. from Mexico when she was only 2. Today, the 19-year-old college student has high ambitions for herself. "After college and getting my B.A. in ethnic studies, and hopefully double majoring in political science, probably go back to school, to law school. That would be super cool," León said. But her undocumented status could get in the way of her career, even though she technically qualifies for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals protection, known as DACA.