The Trump administration is continuing to chip away at the guarantees of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which temporarily protects certain children brought to the U.S. illegally from deportation. The move comes despite the president’s campaign-trail claim he wanted to protect DACA recipients, known as Dreamers.
In response to questions about a recent case, in which DACA recipient Erick Hernandez accidentally drove across the U.S.-Mexico border from California in June without permission then was put in deportation proceedings, the Department of Homeland Security said it was encouraging Dreamers to self-deport.
