DACA: One Year Later

In September 2017, the Trump Administration rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which for five years had provided temporary protection from deportation to nearly a million qualifying young people, including 25,000 in North Carolina. On the anniversary of this decision, this conversation will focus on where DACA stands today, what recent court rulings mean, and how local organizations are responding to the government’s decisions. Beyond DACA, we’ll discuss local, state, and campus policies affecting undocumented students and DACA recipients, their impact on college access and retention, and ways undocumented young people are working to address educational inequities.