Most #DACA recipients came to the U.S. as small children.
Ending the program could send many back to countries they barely know.pic.twitter.com/270y0u9BqH
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The Supreme Court starts hearings today to decide the fate of #DACA, after President Trump rescinded it.
The program:
protects 700K young people brought to the U.S. from deportation
gives them access to work and study permits
is supported by 2/3 of Americanspic.twitter.com/lU7fwSU6xa
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Who qualifies for
#DACA? The program is available to an estimated 1.3M people under 30 who: Arrived undocumented in the U.S. as children
Pass background and criminal record checks
Graduated from or are enrolled in schoolpic.twitter.com/CXDj8oOYKO
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#DACA program has let many young undocumented people pursue careers as doctors, engineers and other professionals. The financial impacts of ending it (source:@amprog): 600,000+ people cut from the U.S. workforce
$460B loss to U.S. GDP over the next 10 yearspic.twitter.com/aWZqGDhsji
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"Home is here!"
#DACA recipients led protesters in a chant outside the Supreme Court after it heard arguments about President Trump's attempt to end the program.pic.twitter.com/fvxDKD09yY
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What is the Supreme Court deciding about
#DACA? It will rule whether the Trump admin. gave adequate reasoning to end the program.
Lower courts said it did not, calling the initial explanation — which plaintiffs say was 1-sentence long — "arbitrary and capricious."pic.twitter.com/Vc0zbbPRR5
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We have 330 million people in
, 700k DACA crowd is a drop in the bucket. They can stay. - Show replies
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