Trump’s Decision to End DACA Sparks Controversy

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A picture of former President Obama with 5 ‘dreamers.’

Joshua B., Writer

Trump announced recently that he was planning to end a program known as DACA. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is a program that prevents children of illegal immigrants from being deported. The ending of this program could put 800,000 ‘dreamers’ at risk of deportation.

As said on Politico, “President Donald Trump has decided to end the Obama-era program that grants work permits to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children…[He wants to] do away with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA.”