We are America: DACA recipients, supporters say they are not going anywhere
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Image: Immigrants and supporters demonstrate during a rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Undocumented immigrants and their supporters yelled, “Shame!” in front of the White House and got arrested in front of Trump Tower in New York City on Tuesday as the Trump administration said it would end an Obama-era program that has shielded nearly 800,000 young people from deportation.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, saying the program was unconstitutional but giving lawmakers in Congress six months to pass legislation to help undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as young children.
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Hundreds gathered outside the White House in the hours before Sessions’s announcement. They chanted sang, clanged cymbals and banged on drums, holding signs that said, “We are America,” “Congress! Don’t wimp out!” and “We want education, down with deportation.”
“This president lied to the community. For many months, he said, ‘I love the Dreamers.’ He lied to us, we cannot trust him,” said Gustavo Torres, executive director of CASA, an immigration advocacy organization. “We are going to keep fighting, we are going to keep registering people to vote. We are going to win elections in Virginia this year. We are going to win the elections in 2018 and 2020.”..........................
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Carlos Esteban, 31, of Woodbridge, Va., a nursing student and recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA, rallies with others in support of DACA outside of the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. President Donald Trump began dismantling the government program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children.
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Fox Valley protesters call Trump immigration policy 'the biggest slap in the face'
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Chicago Tribune 54 minutes ago
For protesters in downtown Aurora Tuesday, President Trump's decision to scrap the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was personal. Chuck Adams, executive director of the ...
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Members of Indivisible Aurora protest at Broadway and Galena in downtown Aurora Tuesday evening against President Trump's decision to scrap the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (Steve Lord/The Beacon-News)
Sarah Freishtat and Steve LordAurora Beacon-News
For protesters in downtown Aurora Tuesday, President Trump's decision to scrap the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was personal.
Chuck Adams, executive director of the group Indivisible Aurora, which staged the protest, said the president's action is, "an issue of critical importance to our community."..........................
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