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Yamis Wadood, a Yale law student and member of the university’s worker and immigration rights clinic, speaks on the dire financial impact if Dreamers were suddenly not allowed to work.

The Supreme Court decision defending Dreamers was just the latest twist in a long battle over undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. But how did the DACA program begin in the first place? And what happens next? Emily Tisch Sussman, legal expert and host of the podcast Your Primary Playlist, breaks it down.

DACA expert Jon Greenbaum explains the history of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
and why the ultimate fate of ‘Dreamers’ remains unresolved.

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld legal protections for young immigrants, but its ruling doesn’t provide a guarantee that they’ll get to keep them long term

Gabriela Cruz, a DACA recipient, and Daihana Estrada, whose parents were deported, explain how the uncertainty of living with an undocumented status affects people personally.

Kassandra Aleman, 26, just got the news she was waiting for — and now has the green light to apply to law school. “I’m over the moon right now!” said Aleman, a deputy training director for the Texas Democratic Party and a DACA recipient. “Just knowing that I can move forward with my life for the time being gave me…

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Trump Administration could not end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, citing a failure by the Department of Homeland Security to give an adequate justification for the termination.

The Supreme Court is taking up the Trump administration’s plan to end legal protections that shield 660,000 immigrants from deportation, a case with strong political overtones amid the 2020 presidential election campaign.

A Mesa Airlines flight attendant, who as a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipient is barred from traveling outside the United States under the Trump administration’s rules, was released from immigration detention Friday after being taken into custody when she returned to the U.S. on a flight from Mexico that she had worked. Selene Saavedra Roman, 28, who works...

He became the first “Dreamer” to win the prestigious Rhodes scholarship, but for recent Harvard University graduate Jin Park, the joy of that achievement has given way to uncertainty. The 22-year-old, who lives in New York City, risks not being allowed back in the country if he enrolls at the University of Oxford in England in the fall.

Leslie Silvia wanted her father to see her before she graduated from high school.

Spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday the White House encourages the Senate to bring an immigration bill to the floor that includes specifics on border security and limiting “chained migration.” She added that President Donald Trump intends to lead on the issue.

Here is where DACA stands on the day it was set to expire:

President Trump drew both cheers and boos during the State of the Union as he outlined his administration’s key pillars for immigration reform.

Speaker Paul Ryan spoke briefly after the House passed a bill to continue funding the government. He implored Democratic senators to pass the bill to avoid a shutdown.  

A University of California, San Diego student who was in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody and facing deportation after making a wrong turn at the U.S.-Mexico border has been released, an official confirmed to NBC 7.

President Trump says any solution on DACA and immigration must include a border wall; continues to deny collusion with Russia during 2016 election.

An Israeli citizen and UCSD student on DACA status has been in ICE custody since Sunday after he and a friend made a wrong turn and drove into the San Ysidro Port of Entry.

California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed “sanctuary state” legislation that extends protections statewide for immigrants living in the United States illegally.

President Trump landed in Florida Thursday afternoon to survey damage from Hurricane Irma, but not before making a statement on immigration. “We are not talking about amnesty. We’re talking about – we’re talking about taking care of people,” Trump said.