Despite Risk, Medical Student Defends DACA
Speaking at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont on Monday, Congressman Peter Welch said it was critical that Congress find a way to continue DACA— Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ...
Welch spoke along with UVM President Tom Sullivan and Juan Conde, a first-year medical student at UVM who is also a DACA recipient ...
"A lot of folks like Juan came forward when the executive order was passed, they gave their name, they gave their address, they gave this information and came out of the shadows," said Welch ...
... because of his status as an undocumented resident, he couldn’t apply to medical school.
So he pursued a Ph.D. in biochemistry ... Then, the DACA program was instituted in 2012, and everything changed ...
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