Since September, undocumented adults living in America legally through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program have been in limbo.
The Obama-signed program protects from deportation "Dreamer" children who entered the United States more than a decade ago and have remained illegally. When the Trump administration last year announced March 5 as the end of the program, more than 700,000 people — many of whom have no home outside the country — saw their futures become uncertain.
After giving the government personal information on themselves and their families for vetting, and also applying and paying for renewal of their temporary status every two years, they had thought they would be able to live, work, and go to school in the United States indefinitely — not as citizens but also not illegally.