Chicago-area DACA recipients share their stories

Immigration Deferred Action — People rally outside the Supreme Court over President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), at the Supreme Court in Washington, Nov. 12, 2019. A federal judge on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.

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Chicago-area DACA recipients discuss ruling that the program is illegal

Current DACA recipients will continue to have protections that are renewable, but new applications will not be accepted.

People rally outside the Supreme Court over President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), at the Supreme Court in Washington, Nov. 12, 2019. A federal judge on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.

Jacquelyn Martin

By Micah Yason

Last week, a federal judge in Texas ruled that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, is illegal. It’s the latest development after years of court battles over the future of the Obama-era program.

Reset sits down with DACA recipients — also known as Dreamers — and an attorney to get the latest and hear their reactions.

GUESTS: Stuti Sharma, immigrant artist, stand up comic, poet

Erendira Rendon, vice president of immigrant justice, The Resurrection Project

Vanessa Esparza-Lopez, managing attorney, National Immigrant Justice Center