Obama Administration: Daca Program and Immigration Enforcement

obama administration: The DACA program, which was created by the Obama administration in 2012, offers a reprieve from deportation to people in the country illegally who can prove they arrived before they were 16, have been in the U.S. for several years and have not committed a crime since arriving, according to Metro News. It also allows them to work legally. Immigration authorities last month had terminated her protected status. President Donald Trump advocated for strict immigration enforcement as a candidate but after taking office softened his position on young people commonly called dreamers, saying his administration is focused on criminals. She became a flashpoint in the national debate over immigration reform in 2010 after she was pulled over on a traffic charge on the campus of Kennesaw State University, near Atlanta. Colotl, now 29, was brought to the U.S. illegally by her parents when she was 11. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.