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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