The legal battle culminating at the Supreme Court has captivated one group of DACA recipients more than others: those making a career in the law.
WASHINGTON – When the Supreme Court considereds the plight Tuesday of nearly 700,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children, one of them was seated front and center at the defense table.
DACA recipients include people like Pedro Villalobos, a family violence prosecutor in Travis County, Texas, home to the attorney general who has led the effort to end the program. “I don’t think there was ever a question for me that I wanted to be a lawyer," says Diaz, 26, who arrived from Chile when she was 6."I saw my parents struggle with their status and how they were taken advantage of by a lot of people."
“For us, it’s about life," Magaña-Salgado says."This is going to affect our careers, our decisions about higher education, even family planning issues."American dreamIt's not surprising that many of the"children" President Barack Obama sought to protect from deportation in 2012 are examples of the American dream – not just lawyers but doctors and engineers and teachers, with roots in their communities and children of their own.
Faced with the threatened lawsuit, the Department of Homeland Security decided to end the program, citing then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions' assertion that it was unconstitutional and beyond the agency's authority. It said it would not accept any new applications and would limit renewals. 'This is why I practice'The legal battle culminating in a second Supreme Court showdown this week has captivated one group of DACA recipients more than others: those making a career in the law.
"It's heavy emotionally, because this is a type of professional milestone that you can only dream about," Cortes says."It also feels heavy in responsibility." Now 33, Magaña-Salgado owns a small consulting firm, helping nonprofits and others involved in immigration. But he worries about his future if the program is ended.Like many of his fellow lawyers, Villalobos was motivated by the roadblocks in his path: first the lack of government loans to attend college, then not having a work permit to help pay the costs. When his parents became legal permanent residents, he was too old to qualify.
In between all that, she watched helplessly as her father was deported back to Mexico. Her three younger brothers all are U.S. citizens. Only she and her mother are undocumented.
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