007 **Just in Time** History of DACA
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English - June 18, 2020 18:00 - 34 minutes - 38.8 MBPolitics News Business Non-Profit equal rights mutual benefit openness self-actualization Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Show: 007 Top Priority Podcast | History of DACA
Date Recorded: January 28, 2020
Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy
Guests: Kevin Hernandez, Director of Policy, The Libre Initiative
Show Notes & Timestamps
What is the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)? min [1:08]How does DACA differ from the term DREAMers? min [2:25]What is the origin story of the term DREAMers? min [4:15]There is a misunderstanding that our Stand Together Community, as a whole, supports DACA outright, but what is the truth? min [7:27]DACA was never a permanent solution; it was an Executive Order, never passed into law, that leaves people in an unstable, precarious situation and does not give people a clear path to get right with the law.
**Additional Resources**
Why 'Just Becoming a Citizen' isn't an Option for DREAMERS | DREAMERS Have No Pathway to Permanent Legal Status DREAMERS are Helping America Overcome Coronavirus