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Trump is now tweeting that DREAMers are wonderful and should be allowed to stay in the USTrump is now tweeting that DREAMers are wonderful and should be allowed to stay in the US
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“Does anybody really want to throw out good, educated, and accomplished young people who have jobs?”

By Andrew Prokop
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Trump’s biggest fans, from Breitbart to r/The_Donald, are furious about his immigration dealTrump’s biggest fans, from Breitbart to r/The_Donald, are furious about his immigration deal
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“At this point, who DOESN’T want Trump impeached?”

By German Lopez
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Can these Democratic attorneys general save DACA? I asked 9 legal experts.Can these Democratic attorneys general save DACA? I asked 9 legal experts.
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A group of 16 Democratic and nonpartisan state attorneys general filed suit to keep the program going.

By Sean Illing
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Immigrants gave the government personal details to get DACA. Will it be used to deport them?Immigrants gave the government personal details to get DACA. Will it be used to deport them?
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What we know, what ICE won’t say, and why the fear is already distorting immigrants’ attempts to plan their lives.

By Dara Lind
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I helped sign immigrants up for DACA. Their biggest fear has come true.I helped sign immigrants up for DACA. Their biggest fear has come true.
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They knew this day could come anytime.

By R. Andrew Free
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The government is already winding down DACA — no matter what Trump tweetsThe government is already winding down DACA — no matter what Trump tweets
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Why Donald Trump can’t just “revisit” DACA in six months, explained for Donald Trump.

By Dara Lind
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Read Attorney General Sessions’s remarks on the Trump administration’s decision to end DACARead Attorney General Sessions’s remarks on the Trump administration’s decision to end DACA
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Trump’s arguments on DACA contradict his position on the travel banTrump’s arguments on DACA contradict his position on the travel ban
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Then: unlimited discretion. Now: hands are tied.

By Matthew Yglesias
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Trump just turned DACA into a ticking time bomb for 800,000 immigrantsTrump just turned DACA into a ticking time bomb for 800,000 immigrants
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They have to put their lives on hold for six months — and their hopes in Congress.

By Dara Lind
Understanding the Trump era
Why ending DACA is so unprecedentedWhy ending DACA is so unprecedented
Understanding the Trump era

Trump’s decision to wind down DACA unless Congress acts doesn’t just threaten 800,000 immigrants. It threatens America’s immigration legacy.

By Dara Lind
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Trump isn’t delivering his own DACA policy because he’s cowardly and weakTrump isn’t delivering his own DACA policy because he’s cowardly and weak
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An evasion of responsibility.

By Matthew Yglesias
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The questions that 800,000 people are waiting for Trump and Jeff Sessions to answer about DACAThe questions that 800,000 people are waiting for Trump and Jeff Sessions to answer about DACA
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If Trump ends DACA but doesn’t explain how, he could plunge immigrants into panic.

By Dara Lind
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Immigration activists are about to put “everything on the line” for DACAImmigration activists are about to put “everything on the line” for DACA
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Trump’s hard line on immigration could threaten the accuracy of the censusTrump’s hard line on immigration could threaten the accuracy of the census
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Latinos and other vulnerable communities are in danger of being undercounted in 2020.

By Ruairí Arrieta-Kenna
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DREAMers like me have flourished under DACA. Trump might take it all away.DREAMers like me have flourished under DACA. Trump might take it all away.
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If Trump ends DACA, DREAMers like me will return to a life of anxiety and doubt.

By Juan Escalante
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6 immigrants talk about the anxiety of living in Trump’s America6 immigrants talk about the anxiety of living in Trump’s America
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“Since the election, I have never felt safe.”

By Alexia Fernández Campbell
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The threat to DACA — and 780,000 immigrants — is very realThe threat to DACA — and 780,000 immigrants — is very real
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Trump may be moving to end the program to protect young immigrants from deportation. And if he does, he’ll do it soon.

By Dara Lind
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A group of Republican attorneys general is picking a fight with Trump on immigrationA group of Republican attorneys general is picking a fight with Trump on immigration
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Not for the reasons you might think.

By Dara Lind
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It’s official: Trump is keeping 750,000 unauthorized immigrants safe from deportationIt’s official: Trump is keeping 750,000 unauthorized immigrants safe from deportation
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For now. And everyone else is fair game.

By Dara Lind
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The mysterious case of deported DREAMer Juan Manuel MontesThe mysterious case of deported DREAMer Juan Manuel Montes
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What really happened on February 17? Hundreds of thousands of immigrants depend on the answer.

By Dara Lind
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Under Trump, at least one DREAMer has lost his protection from deportationUnder Trump, at least one DREAMer has lost his protection from deportation
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Daniel Ramirez Medina has officially been stripped of the protection he got under Obama — and the government’s trying to deport him.

By Dara Lind
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DREAMers are the one immigrant group Donald Trump seems cautious about going afterDREAMers are the one immigrant group Donald Trump seems cautious about going after
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Their visibility might protect them.

By Dara Lind
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Paul Ryan is offering false reassurance to immigrants worried about TrumpPaul Ryan is offering false reassurance to immigrants worried about Trump
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Trump doesn’t need a “deportation force” to put immigrants in danger.

By Dara Lind
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Senators in both parties are trying to protect young immigrants from Donald TrumpSenators in both parties are trying to protect young immigrants from Donald Trump
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A new bill would allow hundreds of thousands of DREAMers to keep the protections they got under President Obama — but only for a while.

By Dara Lind
How deferred action empowers young immigrants
Immigration

Two years after the president created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, immigration-rights activists are fighting to make sure it works

By Dara Lind