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DACA recipient uncertain of future in Trump era [Video]

President Donald Trump has returned to the White House for a second term. Trump signed multiple executive orders on immigration on Monday. Some people are now facing uncertainty about what lies ahead for the next four years, specifically recipients of an Obama-era policy known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The then-president implemented the program in 2012. “Unfortunately, the uncertainty under any administration has always been present,” said Jorge Reyes-Salinas. Reyes-Salinas was brought to the United States from Peru as a child in 2004. Since then, Reyes-Salinas has called California home and did not know he was undocumented until he was in high school. He then became a DACA recipient, also known as a “Dreamer.” “It’s really basically being like that most perfect citizen under the law to make sure that that we can not get deported and work here,” Reyes-Salinas said. The program has been protecting young …

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