After DACA, a UM student dreams of citizenship | The Second Look
Missoula College student and mother-of-three Nereyda Calero says it felt like her world was ending when the Trump administration announced in 2017 it would rescind the "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" program, or "DACA." The policy, established under former President Barack Obama in 2012, protects immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children from deportation and allows them to work legally. Calero — a recipient of the program — says she wasn't about to let the program die. It didn't, and now she's fighting for additional protections for people like her. The Second…
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