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When he was a child, then moved with his family to the united states in search of the american dream. >> my parents gave up completely everything. my mom left all her family behind for us to have a life here. i'm forever grateful for that. >> reporter: for years, nicholas and his family lived in the shadows because they lacked legal status to be in the u.s. that got in the way of opportunities that most americans take for granted like going to college and pursuing a career. that all began to change in 2012 when then-president obama signed an executive order creating deferred action for childho...

President trump signed his own executive order daca. >> without daca, i can't work, i can't walk the streets without thinking i can get deported. >> a federal appeals order has rendered the deadline meaningless. now the court decides whether the suspension can proceed. if it rules in favor of the administration, hundreds of thousands of dreamers could be subject to deportation. >> if you keep the daca recipients in the united states, you allow them to legally work and live here, not only is that going to be a boon for the economy, because they're going to earn more money and pay more taxes, bu...

Washington. he wrote a report about what deporting daca recipients will do to the economy. >> if we allow them to remain in the united states, it will add $350 billion to the economy compared to excluding them from being able to work legally. and we also estimate that that would result in an additional $90 billion of tax revenue just for the federal government. >> nicholas' employer, cocoon home care, contacted an immigration attorney to see if it could protect him, if and when daca ends. the company was told there was nothing that could be done. cocoon said losing nicholas would be a huge los...

Continue to, you know, have dreams. >> have dreams. so now trump's daca order continues to go through the court system. while it may give these dreamers more time, they cannot plan their life if they're going to school, if they're going to start a family, get married, get a job, when you're kind of hanging in limbo. >> not only that, it's not just that you're in limbo. you go to apply for a new job, there are two candidates who are equally skilled, and one doesn't have any employment issues or is on some kind of permanent visa or is an american citizen and the other one is a dreamer, subconsci...