What Removing DACA Would Mean For Georgia

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Claudia Quiñonez (center) leads protesters in a chant at a rally for DACA in Washington, D.C. / NPR

Last week, a federal judge temporarily halted the Trump administration's plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. It’s unclear if legislative efforts to extend the program will be successful. Under DACA, some 800,000 young immigrants, often referred to as "Dreamers," can legally live and work in the U.S. One of those Dreamers is Valentina Emilia Garcia Gonzalez, who moved from Uruguay to Gwinnett County. She told us how the DACA program has helped her. Then, we talked to Wesley Tharpe of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute about the economic impact removing DACA would have on Georgia.