A Dying Dream: How Trump Targets Immigrants Who Arrived as Children

The Marshall Project reports that the Trump administration is targeting DACA recipients—immigrants who arrived in the United States as children. Despite polling that shows Americans support protecting these individuals from deportation, some DACA recipients are now being detained. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program has provided temporary legal status and work authorization to hundreds of thousands of people, but these reported detentions suggest a shift in enforcement policy.

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