I found an article from USA today written by a Dreamer (an undocumented child working towards citizenship), which showed the influence the removal of DACA would have on her life. This helped me to see the limbo that Dreamers have been put in thanks to this situation. Currently they are unsure if they will even be allowed to work in a few months as their rights under DACA may be revoked.
While I do personally believe that DACA should continue, if the government insists on cancelling it, I think that people currently protected by it should be grandfathered in and ensured continued protection. By taking away these rights given to people since childhood we are dehumanizing them, and ignoring all the good they have done their entire lives.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2018/09/17/daca-dreamers-plea-trump-congress-we-need-immigration-reform-column/1288912002/
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