Recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are at a crossroads. As this year marks the 10th anniversary of the Obama Administration’s DACA program — which shields many immigrants from deportation and allows them to work in the United States lawfully — the executive order is under attack.
On July 6, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Louisiana will hear Texas’ challenge to DACA in a case many believe will go to the U.S. Supreme Court. There are 825,000 young people living in limbo with neither permanent legal status to live in the United States nor a pathway to earned citizenship.
