As daca deadline passes, georgia immigrants still in limbo

As daca deadline passes, georgia immigrants still in limbo

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Monday was the deadline set by President Donald Trump for Congress to come up with a legislative fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program after he moved to end it back in September. However, court rulings earlier this year have allowed the program to temporarily continue. As Congress has failed to pass legislation for DACA recipients, Samantha Ramirez Herrera, 32, describes the past six months as an “emotional roller coaster.” “It’s a very uncertain time,” she said. “It just feels like we are doing all these like psychological, emotional flips and turns… I’m very saddened.” READ THIS STORY FOR FREE To continue reading, sign up for our newsletters and get unlimited access to WABE.org

Monday was the deadline set by President Donald Trump for Congress to come up with a legislative fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program after he moved to end it


back in September. However, court rulings earlier this year have allowed the program to temporarily continue. As Congress has failed to pass legislation for DACA recipients, Samantha Ramirez


Herrera, 32, describes the past six months as an “emotional roller coaster.” “It’s a very uncertain time,” she said. “It just feels like we are doing all these like psychological, emotional


flips and turns… I’m very saddened.” READ THIS STORY FOR FREE To continue reading, sign up for our newsletters and get unlimited access to WABE.org