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DACA Childhood Arrivals

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Deferred action for childhood arrivals, commonly referred to as DACA, is an American government program that was introduced by previous president Barack Obama in 2012. The program gave young adults and minors who were illegally brought to the US at an early age, otherwise referred to as the “Dreamers”, the right to receive education, be employed, and live as American citizens (Walters, 2017). On September 5th, 2017, Donald Trump and his administration announced that the DACA program will come to an end and new applications will no longer be accepted, leaving about 800,000 young adults who were fostered under the program, confused and upset. Trump later states that if Congress cannot find a solution to the problem, then he will reconsider the

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