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(17,063 posts)37. According to the article, he was no longer enrolled in DACA.
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He should have stayed away from that weed, for he had more to lose than many of his friends did. He should have found a way to come up with the fees now more than $500 a year to remain on DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program designed to protect children brought to America by their parents.
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I just feel really guilty because I feel like obviously, all of this could have been prevented if we were not smoking marijuana, she said, insisting that one of the charges against Fonzie was because of marijuana that belonged to her. Things careened out of control. They paid court costs and lawyers instead of DACA, and when Fonzie saved enough to re-enroll he was denied.
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it's amazing. that an undocumented young man, with a criminal history, supported Trump. Trump ran on immigration
BlueWaveNeverEnd
15 hrs ago
#4
His father was deported before him! And still he didnt think it would happen to him
BlueWaveNeverEnd
15 hrs ago
#10
He was in the 6th grade when his dad was deported, so that would have been around 2012
MichMan
12 hrs ago
#30
His father was deported under the Obama administration. That said he himself was DACA so
mucifer
12 hrs ago
#32
Yup, that's what I said. But, under President Obama the deportations did go way up. It's just a sad fact.
mucifer
11 hrs ago
#34
I think a lot of Obana deportations were turning people away at the border
BlueWaveNeverEnd
11 hrs ago
#35
... listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story ...
struggle4progress
15 hrs ago
#9
I must admit to a long-enduring admiration for the genius of National Lampoon
struggle4progress
13 hrs ago
#29
God, people! I read the complete article and am crying. That young man was raised in bright red Alabama and all
sinkingfeeling
14 hrs ago
#14
By his support for Trump, he signalled his willingness for others to be deported
BlueWaveNeverEnd
14 hrs ago
#15