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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Alexandra Villarreal

Before Trump, ‘Dreamers’ were shielded from deportation. Here’s what’s changed

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Students and supporters of Daca rally in Los Angeles, California, on 12 November 2019. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images

The Trump administration has once again put Dreamers on a rollercoaster ride.

The federal government is sending mixed signals about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca), a popular program devised under Barack Obama that had until recently allowed undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children to live and work legally without serious risk of deportation.

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