'Nothing Will Be Official, Until It's Official'
DACA recipients are hopeful about the possibility of Trump signing a bill to grant them legal status, but skeptical about whether it’ll come to fruition.
“It’s almost like watching a novela.”
That’s how Juan Escalante, the digital campaigns manager at America’s Voice and a DACA recipient, described the unfolding of events since the Trump administration announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Earlier this month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions the Obama-era program, which shields undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as that the three leaders “agreed to enshrine the protections of DACA into law quickly.” Pelosi and Schumer’s announcement sent shockwaves across Washington, but those who the statement directly impacts remain skeptical.
