About this episode

The episode explores the challenges faced by DACA recipients under the Trump administration, highlighting their struggles to maintain legal status and build lives in uncertainty.

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program has been around for almost 14 years — long enough that the so-called "DACA kids" are now middle-aged adults with jobs, mortgages and families. But the Trump administration is making it harder to hold onto the only legal status they've ever had: slowing down processing, stripping benefits, and detaining and even deporting some recipients. This week, NPR's Ximena Bustillo takes us to Arizona to meet people living in limbo, and asks what it means to build an entire life on a permit that expires every two years. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

People in this episode

Host: Ximena Bustillo

Topics covered

• DACA
• immigration
• legal status
• Trump administration
• life in limbo
• Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
• personal stories

Keywords

• DACA
• Trump
• immigration
• Arizona
• legal status
• deportation
• families
• work permits
• Deferred Action

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NPR, DACA

Places: Arizona

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