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DACA Recipients On Ten Years Of Precarious Protection

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 15: Immigration advocates rally to urge Congress to pass permanent protections for DACA recipients and create a pathway to citizenship, near the U.S. Capitol June 15, 2022 in Washington, DC. In 2012, President Barack Obama and his administration introduced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, protecting eligible immigrants who came to the United States as children from deportation. In 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the DACA initiative in a 5-4 ruling. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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DACA Recipients On Ten Years Of Precarious Protection

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 15: Immigration advocates rally to urge Congress to pass permanent protections for DACA recipients and create a pathway to citizenship, near the U.S. Capitol June 15, 2022 in Washington, DC. In 2012, President Barack Obama and his administration introduced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, protecting eligible immigrants who came to the United States as children from deportation. In 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the DACA initiative in a 5-4 ruling. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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Federal court declares DACA illegal, leaving young immigrants in limbo

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 15: Immigration advocates rally to urge Congress to pass permanent protections for DACA recipients and create a pathway to citizenship, near the U.S. Capitol June 15, 2022 in Washington, DC. In 2012, President Barack Obama and his administration introduced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, protecting eligible immigrants who came to the United States as children from deportation. In 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the DACA initiative in a 5-4 ruling. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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By Char Daston
   

DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is an Obama-era policy that granted protected legal status to undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. But this week, the 5th Circuit court in New Orleans, La. declared DACA to be illegal.

The court allowed current recipients to reapply, keeping the status of the program unchanged, but the future of it uncertain.

Reset hears from an advocate and DACA recipient for their reactions.

GUESTS: Erendira Rendon, vice president of immigrant justice at The Resurrection Project

Dulce Dominguez, development director, Alianza Americas, DACA recipient

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