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For the last decade, about 800,000 individuals who came to the United States as children but have no legal status have been protected from deportation by a program commonly referred to as DACA. It has allowed them to legally work, apply for driver's licenses and even travel abroad. But the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to strike DACA down, leaving the individuals enrolled with no clear step on how to legalize their status.Today, we hear from DACA recipients who aren't going to wait to find out and have moved from the U.S.. Read the full transcript here.

Host: Gustavo Arellano

Guest: L.A. Times immigration reporter Andrea Castillo

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Today's guest is Greisa Martinez Rosas. She is the executive director of United We Dream (UWD), the largest immigrant youth-led community in the country. Greisa and Nancy talk about immigration reform and Democratic bid to legalize undocumented immigrants and give them a path to citizenship. Greisa also talks about the day to day of UWD and how you can get involved. 

Originally from Hidalgo, Mexico, Greisa migrated to the U.S. with her parents at a young age and grew up in Texas. While studying Biology at Texas A&M University, she co-founded the first undocumented youth-led organization in the conservative university’s more than 100-year history and continues to be a progressive movement leader in the fight for immigrant and racial justice.  

Under Greisa’s fearless leadership, immigrant youth and allies from United We Dream have organized nationwide to ensure Democrats in Congress included a pathway to citizenship for millions in their budget resolution. Now, the fates of approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants are in the hands of Congressional Democrats , where Sen. Schumer is leading the charge in passing a budget that would grant lawful permanent status to undocumented immigrants. 

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In a recent episode called Unforget, Dream, Build, we featured two Latinx Americans whose work flies in the face of the idea that immigrants are a problem or immigration a threat. We spoke with Roberto Lovato, about his memoir “Unforgetting” and with MacArthur genius award-winner, Cristina Jiménez, co-founder of United We Dream who talked powerfully about how her generation experiences the good as well as the bad of immigration activism. Cristina spoke so powerfully that it broke our hearts not to be able to share more of it. So here we release the almost uncut version of that conversation. You’ll hear her story about growing up as an undocumented teen, and her grassroots work advocating for Dreamers in the face of ICE crackdowns and COVID 19.   Music in the Middle:  “America” by Sylvan Paul released on Wolf and Lamb Records.

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Beatles legend, John Lennon, helped to shed light on the government's policy on deferred action and paved the way to DACA. DACA is a program initiated by President Obama that temporarily protects young people, commonly known as Dreamers, from deportation. In this episode we discuss why deferred action has been a critical part of U.S. immigration policy. We also speak to two Dreamers who have benefited from DACA, including one who was the first person to use the "Morton Memo" to halt her deportation. 

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What does DACA stand for?
When was DACA introduced?
Who is and isn't eligible for DACA?
What are the costs and benefits of DACA?
DACA and the Supreme Court decision on 6/18/20.
What is the DREAM Act?

Interview with Carlos Rodríguez, Jesuit Volunteer and Legal Assistant and Shalini Thomas, Legal Program Manager and DOJ Accredited Representative for the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center (NMILC)

History of DACA 
John Lennon’s Deportation Proceedings 
Leon Wildes and The Deportation Battle 
Lennon, Obama and the Legal Basis of DACA The Future of DACA 

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