For more than a year now, eligible youth brought in to the country as undocumented children can apply for temporary protected status through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. An expected 1.8 million so-called Dreamers could benefit from the executive order by President Obama. But so far, only a third of those young people have applied. Moreover, the number of applicants has plunged nationwide to a trickle. DACA benefits include the ability to work legally in the U.S., so why aren’t more Dreamers seizing this permit?
Guests: Erika Andiola, Political Director, DRM Action Coalition, Mesa, AZ, http://drmactioncoalition.org/; Jesus Martínez-Saldaña, Central Valley DACA Coordinator, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Fresno, CA, www.ilrc.org/.
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