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sl8

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37. According to the article, he was no longer enrolled in DACA.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 10:29 PM
10 hrs ago

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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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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd 15 hrs ago OP
fuck him!!! gopiscrap 15 hrs ago #1
it's amazing. that an undocumented young man, with a criminal history, supported Trump. Trump ran on immigration BlueWaveNeverEnd 15 hrs ago #4
Good. Scrivener7 15 hrs ago #2
BYe Historic NY 15 hrs ago #3
This guy ain't to bright. Bluestocking 15 hrs ago #5
YOU... ARE... AN... IDIOT! Chasstev365 15 hrs ago #6
If I Spent 2 Years.... ProfessorGAC 15 hrs ago #7
His father was deported before him! And still he didnt think it would happen to him BlueWaveNeverEnd 15 hrs ago #10
Then I'm Ok... ProfessorGAC 14 hrs ago #11
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
As DACA, he was safe under Dem admin BlueWaveNeverEnd 11 hrs ago #33
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
No . Check out this Propublica article from 2010: mucifer 11 hrs ago #36
Ok thx BlueWaveNeverEnd 9 hrs ago #40
Didn't Obama appoint Tom Homan to run deportations for ICE? radical noodle 8 hrs ago #41
According to the article, he was no longer enrolled in DACA. sl8 10 hrs ago #37
Ok. Thx BlueWaveNeverEnd 9 hrs ago #39
. . . CousinIT 15 hrs ago #8
... listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story ... struggle4progress 15 hrs ago #9
I actually heard the National Lampoon version first progressoid 13 hrs ago #28
I must admit to a long-enduring admiration for the genius of National Lampoon struggle4progress 13 hrs ago #29
sounds like a leonard cohen tune lol nt msongs 12 hrs ago #31
Oh no! flvegan 14 hrs ago #12
So sad UpInArms 14 hrs ago #13
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
Good people? Bluestocking 14 hrs ago #16
Sinkingfeeling PhylliPretzel 13 hrs ago #27
"America" and "we" are not the crime and haven't "become" it. TRUMP is. UTUSN 10 hrs ago #38
Welcome to r/LeopardsAteMyFace sakabatou 14 hrs ago #17
"it's just so surreal... how it's happening not just to me, but to a lot of people like me." B.See 14 hrs ago #18
That's..... deplorable. nt. druidity33 14 hrs ago #19
He'd have voted for Trump, in all likelihood, MagickMuffin 14 hrs ago #20
Pure Timewas 13 hrs ago #21
An original Roy Rolling 13 hrs ago #22
Reminds me of the anti-vaxx covid deniers dying of covid. SunSeeker 13 hrs ago #23
The leopards ate my face nycbos 13 hrs ago #24
Tots and pears orangecrush 13 hrs ago #25
Cry me a river catbyte 13 hrs ago #26
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