‘I can’t keep fighting the system’: DACA recipients are leaving the U.S., disheartened by years of instability
By Mary Bottari
BBC News, Los Angeles
The young adults of Dreamers who had received protection from deportation after the President Barack Obama, passed executive order in 2012, were due to be granted permanent residency beginning in January. But after a court order went against them, DACA was terminated and their status is being cancelled because they do not have legal status. Their lives have been turned upside-down, and they are now stranded in the U.S
The young people of DACA who had received protection from deportation after the President Barack Obama, passed executive order in 2012 were due to be granted permanent residency beginning in January. Their status was to provide protection, enabling them to live in the U.S. if their parents and grandparents were not able to do so. And they were prepared to wait if their parents could not be found. But after a court order went against them, DACA was terminated and their status is being cancelled because they do not have legal status. Their lives have been turned upside-down, and they are now stranded in the U.S. For many of them, life has been turned upside-down. The young adults of DACA who had received protection from deportation after the President Barack Obama, passed executive order in 2012, were due to be granted permanent residency beginning in January. Their status was to provide protection, enabling them to live in the U.S. if their parents and grandparents were not able to do so. And they were prepared to wait if their parents could not be found. But after a court order went against them, their status was cancelled. They were not told why and what had happened and they were left wondering how their lives were going to get back on track. The group has already been through a year of uncertainty, and some are in the process of applying for new visas, as a result. The young adults of DACA who had received protection from deportation after the President Barack Obama, passed executive order in 2012, were due to be granted permanent residency beginning in January. Their status was to provide protection, enabling them to live in the U.S. if their parents