Meet Dulce Garcia DREAMer Immigration Lawyer Who Is Suing Trump for Ending DACA

- On Monday six recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival DACA program sued the Trump administration in a San Francisco federal court over its plans to rescind the program The lawsuit argues the Trump administration failed to follow proper administrative procedures in rescinding DACA and that revoking the program violates due process laws DACA was instituted by the Obama administration in 2012 after years of sustained grassroots organizing by young undocumented students Fifteen states and the District of Columbia have also sued the Trump administration over its plans to end DACA We speak with one of the six plaintiffs Dulce Garcia an immigration lawyer who regularly defends other immigrants in court in California She’s been living in the United States since her family immigrated from Mexico when she was four years old

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