Press Play with Madeleine Brand
What happens to Dreamers if Trump rescinds DACA?
President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program gives temporary legal status to so-called Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. before age 16 and before June 2007. Almost 750,000 Dreamers have registered with the program. Donald Trump has promised to rescind it.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readPresident Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program gives temporary legal status to so-called Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. before age 16 and before June 2007. Almost 750,000 Dreamers have registered with the program. Donald Trump has promised to rescind it. We hear from Judy London, who heads the Immigrants’ Rights Project at Public Counsel, and an immigrant from Korea, who has requested anonymity for fear of her safety as a so-called dreamer.
