Thousands of Dreamers who entered the United States illegally or overstayed a visa as children are hoping for a reprieve from the Supreme Court as it begins hearing arguments to decide if President Trump violated a law in seeking to rescind DACA
BALTIMORE - When Maricruz Abarca learned three years ago that she had been given the legal right under a U.S. government program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals to work in the United States and avoid deportation, she started to cry.
For Abarca, DACA has provided concrete benefits. It helped her become eligible for lower in-state college tuition and obtain a license as a used-car dealer. It also provided security for her family, including her three children - all American citizens by virtue of being born in the United States. Abarca dreams of one day becoming mayor of Baltimore.
“The future of thousands of ‘Dreamers’ ... are basically in their hands,” Abarca said of the justices. “We are just right there in limbo not knowing what’s going to happen in our lives.”Adonia Simpson, a lawyer for the Miami-based immigrant rights group Americans for Immigrant Justice, said some DACA recipients are worried that personal information they gave the government when they enrolled in DACA now could be used to target them or relatives for potential deportation.
Cece, a 33-year-old Microsoft employee in Washington state who spoke on condition of being identified by just her first name, said DACA paved the way for her to work for the company as a security and service engineer. She moved to the United States with her mother from Mexico when she was 4 years old and now has a 9-year-old son who is a U.S. citizen.Colleges and universities including the University of California system - which has around 1,700 “Dreamers” enrolled - also oppose Trump’s move.
Because lower courts have ruled against Trump, DACA remains in effect and people already enrolled in the program can get renewable two-year work permits. The administration has refused to approve new applications. It said it has issued more than 473,000 renewals since January 2018.
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