300,000 U.S. citizens kids have at least one parent protected by DACA program, updated data shows
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Should pro-deportation Republicans ultimately succeed in their lawsuit seeking to terminate the popular and successful Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, that ruling will have devastating repercussions going far beyond the benefi300,000 U.S. citizens kids have at least one parent protected by DACA program, updated data shows
Should pro-deportation Republicans ultimately succeed in their lawsuit seeking to terminate the popular and successful Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, that ruling will have devastating repercussions going far beyond the beneficiaries themselves. The Center for American Progress (CAP) said in updated data that over 1.3 million people live in the same household as a DACA recipient, including 300,000 U.S. citizen children. In California and Texas alone, nearly 140,000 children have a parent protected by DACA. Read more