WHEN she was seven Greisa Martinez moved illegally from Hidalgo, in Mexico, to Dallas with her parents. Now aged 28, Ms Martinez works for United We Dream, an immigration advocacy group. Following the election of Donald Trump she has been busy. In case of an immigration raid, she instructs her charges not to open their doors to immigration officials unless they have a court-ordered warrant, and to remain silent until speaking with a lawyer. Ms Martinez is one of around 740,000 beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy that Barack Obama implemented in 2012 by executive action. In his 100-day plan published in October, Mr Trump vowed to reverse every one of Mr Obama’s executive actions. He could kill DACA on his first day in the Oval Office.
He could also opt to let it die a slower, gentler death by refusing to renew DACA permits, which expire every two years. Either way DACA’s beneficiaries would lose their right to work legally. DACA grants undocumented immigrants who arrived in America before the age of 16, and who meet several other requirements, temporary amnesty from deportation, and eligibility to work. Applicants...Continue reading
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