For this week's episode, Renee dives into one of the most controversial immigration policies in America, the Deferred Action for Undocumented Minors, aka DACA. Although it was originally passed an executive order by President Obama in 2012, the legal history goes back decades prior and continues to be a legal battel to this day.  Bibliography Lupe Rojas, “A Dream that Continues to Unfold: My Experience as a DACA Student,” Forbes, October 19, 2019, https://www.forbes.com/sites/civicnation/2019/10/10/a-dream-that-continues-to-unfold-my-experience-as-a-daca-student/?sh=5615999d2f26. Olivas, Michael. Perchance to Dream: A Legal and Political History of the DREAM Act and DACA. New York: New York University Press, 2020. Teo Armus, “The Parents of 545 Children Separated at the Border Still Haven’t Been Found,” The Texas Tribune, October 21, 2020, https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/21/donald-trump-immigration-parents-children-separated/. Today, “The Supreme Court had blocked the administration’s effort to end the DACA program. June 19, 2020. https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GIC&u=uga&id=GALE%7CA628957069&v=2.1&it=r&sid=GIC&asid=d1fcd7eb. Tom Wong, “New DHS Policy Threatens to Undo Gains Made by DACA Recipients,” American Progress, October 5, 2020, https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/news/2020/10/05/491017/new-dhs-policy-threatens-undo-gains-made-daca-recipients/. Zatz, Marjorie, and Nancy Rodriguez. “Legislative Inaction and Executive Action: Mixed Status Families, the Dreamer Movement, and DACA.” In Dreams and Nightmares: Immigration Policy, Youth, and Families. 67-99. Oakland, California. University of California Press, 2015.

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