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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Rep. Jesus Garcia

Senate must vote now to save DACA, provide path to citizenship for immigrant ‘dreamers’

Supporters of DACA rally outside the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 6. Time is running out to save the program, Congressman Jesus Garcia writes. (AP Photos)

We are running out of time to save DACA, a program created in 2012 to provide temporary legal status for hundreds of thousands of childhood migrants who know no other home than the United States. DACA has strengthened our economy and is supported by 75% of the American people. 

Still, a decade-long right-wing attack on the program is reaching its conclusion in court, where the conservative 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s ruling that DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) was unlawful, meaning the end of the program is almost certainly near.

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