WASHINGTON,
% THE
U.S. SUPREME
COURT
HEARD
% ARGUMENTS ABOUT
WHETHER
THE
% TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS
THE
% RIGHT
TO SHUT DOWN
THE
DACA
% PROGRAM, WHICH
STANDS FOR
% DEFERRED
ACTION
FOR
CHILDHOOD
% ARRIVALS, A PROGRAM
CREATED
% THROUGH AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER
BY% PRESIDENT OBAMA THAT
ALLOWS
% IMMIGRANTS BROUGHT TO THE
U.S.
% AS
CHILDREN
TO
GET
WORK
PERMITS
% AND
DEFERAL
ON
DEPORTATION.
% JOINING
US
IS ALEJANDRA
% GONZALEZ.%>>
THANK
YOU
FOR
HAVING
ME.
% >>
MOST
OBSERVES
SEEM
TO
THINK
% THE CONSERVATIVE
MAJORITY ON
THE
% COURT AGREED
WITH
THE
TRUMP
% ADMINISTRATION.%WHAT WAS
YOUR REACTION
TO
ON
% ORAL
ARGUMENTS?
% >> IT
WAS
--
AS A
DACA
RECIPIENT
% MYSELF, IT WAS
CONCERNING, OF
% COURSE, LISA
!
LISTENING TO
THE
ORAL
% ARGUMENTS,
BUT
I'M
!
HOPING IT'S
% NOT A
TRUE
REFLECTION OF
WHAT
% THEIR
POSITION WILL
BE,
THAT
% WE'LL
HAVE
ONE
SWING
VOTE
IN
THE
% MIDDLE
THAT
WILL
KEEP
THE
% PROGRAM
ALIVE.% >>
DONALD
TRUMP
SAID IF
THE
% COURTS
STRIKE
DOWN
DACA,
HE'LL
% WORK WITH
DEMOCRATS TO
FIND A
% SOLUTION,
BUT
THIS WOULD
BE
NEXT
% YEAR
DURING AN ELECTION
YEAR.
% DO YOU
BELIEVE
THAT
WILL
% ACTUALLY
HAPPEN?
% >> I DO
NOT,
NO.
% AND
I
THINK
IF
IT
DOES
HAPPEN,
% IT'S GOING TO
BE A
COMPROMISE% THAT
MIGHT
ENDANGER
M
Y
PARENTS
% AND
I'M
NOT
WILLING
TO
ACCEPT A
% DEAL LIKE
THAT.% >>
AND
HOW
WOULD
IT
ENDANGER
% YOUR
PARENTS?
% >>
WELL,
I
THINK
THE
NARRATIVE% HAS BEEN
DACA
RECIPIENTS,
% THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR
OWN,
% THEY
CAME
TO
THIS
COUNTRY
% BECAUSE
THEIR
PARENTS BROUGHT% THEM.
% SO THAT
KIND
OF
PUTS
OUR
PARENTS
% AS
THE
CRIMINALS AND
THAT'S
%
SIMPLY NOT
TRUE.
% THEY
ACTED OUT
OF
DESPERATION.
% I
ALSO
WOULDN'T
WANT
TO
THROW
% ANOTHER
GROUP
OF
IMMIGRANTS% UNDER THE BUS
JUST SO
THAT
I
% COULD BENEFIT FROM
IT.
% >>
DACA
WAS
ALSO
SUPPOSED TO
BE% A
TEMPORARY
PROGRAM
WHILE
% CONGRESS WORKED
OUT A
DEAL
ON
% IMMIGRATION, BUT
THAT
NEVER
% HAPPENED.
% WHAT
HAS
IT
BEEN
LIKE
TO
LIVE
% UNDER ALL
THIS
UNCERTAINTY% THROUGH ALL
THIS
TIME?
% >>
IT'S
BEEN
REALLY
STRESSFUL.
% I
ACTUALLY
STARTED
SCHOOL.
% I GO
TO ALVERNO COLLEGE.
% I'M
IN
MY
SENIOR YEAR.
% SO I'LL
BE
GRADUATING THIS
MAY.
% AND
IT'S
VERY
FRIGHTENING TO
% THINK
ABOUT
THE
POSSIBILITY OF
% NOT
BEING
ABLE
TO
USE
MY
% EDUCATION AFTER
DACA
ENDS.
% IT'S A
MATTER O
F
LIKE
TRYING
TO
% FIT
ALL
OF
MY
LIFE
GOALS
WITHIN
% THIS TIME PERIOD SO
THAT
I
CAN
% ACHIEVE
THEM.
% BUT
THEN
EVEN
IT
PROBABLY
% DOESN'T
EVEN
MATTER
BECAUSE
I
% MIGHT LOSE
WHAT
I'VE
WORKED
FOR.
% >>
WELL,
WHAT
WILL
YOU
AND
% OTHERS
DO
IF
DACA
PROGRAM
ENDS?
% >>
I
THINK
--
I
THINK
DREAMERS
% ARE A
VERY
RESILIENT
GROUP.
% I BELIEVE
THAT
WE
WILL
CONTINUE
% TO
ADVOCATE
FOR
OURSELVES AND
% FOR
OUR
COMMUNITY.
% WE WILL
CONTINUE TO
ADD
ROW
ADVOCATE
FOR% A PERMANENT SOLUTION.
% WE'VE BEEN
ABLE
TO
LAST
THIS
% LONG.
% I'VE BEEN ABLE TO
GET
THIS
FAR.
% I
BELIEVE
IN
THEIR
PASSION
AND
% IN
THEIR
BRAVERY
TO
CONTINUE
% MOVING
FORWARD
WITH
THEIR
LIVES.% >>
NOW,
YOU
TALKED ABOUT
TRYING
% TO FINISH U
P
SOME OF
THE
THINGS
% IN YOUR
LIFE.
% ARE
OTHER
DACA
RECIPIENTS
YOU
% KNOW
DOING
SIMILAR
THINGS
OR
ARE
% THEY ALREADY
MAKING CON CONTINUE
CONTINGENCY
% PLANS?%>> AT
THE END OF
THE
DAY
WE'RE
% ALL JUST
HUMAN
BEINGS
TRYING
TO
% LIVE THE
LIFE
THAT
OUR
PARENTS
% BROUGHT US TO
LIVE.
% THEY
BROUGHT
US
HERE
FOR A
% REASON.
% AND
MOST OF
THE
DOCK
!
DACA
RECIPIENTS
% ARE COLLEGE STUDENTS
AND
THEIR
% PLAN IS
STILL
TO
ATTEND COLLEGE.
% THEY'RE WORKING
TWICE
AS
HARD
% BECAUSE
THEY
DON'T
FEEL
FEDERAL
% AID TO
PAY
FOR
THEIR
EDUCATION,
% LOOKING
FOR
SCHOLARSHIPS
TO
% SUPPORT
THEIR
EDUCATION
SO
IF
% DACA
FAILS THEY
HAVE
SOME
KIND
% OF FINANCIAL
SUPPORT.% >>
ONE
CONCERN
IS
DACA
REQUIRED
% PEOPLE
TO
PROVIDE
PERSONAL% INFORMATION TO
THE
GOVERNMENT.
% DO
YOU
WORRY
ABOUT
THE
TRUMP
% ADMINISTRATION USING THAT
INFO
% TO
PURSUE
DEPORTATIONS?% >> FOR
SURE.
% THAT'S
MY
BIGGEST
FEAR.
% DACA
RECIPIENTS
ARE
TAXPAYERS.
% THERE'S JUST
SOME
IRONY
THAT
MY
% TAX
MONEY COULD
BE
GOING
TOWARD
% MY
OWN
DEPORTATION.
% DACA
RECIPIENTS ARE
REQUIRED
TO
% UPDATE
THEIR
HOME
ADDRESS
WITH
% THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS SOON
% AS
THEY
MOVE.
% IT
IS A BIG FEAR.
% I LIVE
IN A
HOME
WITH
MY
% BOYFRIEND'S CHILDREN.
% I JUST
DON'T
WANT
TO
IMAGINE
% WHAT COULD
HAPPEN
IF THERE ARE
% MASS
DEPORTATIONS
AND
THESE
KIDS
% HAVE TO WITNESS
THAT.
% THE
IDEA
THAT
IT'S
TRAUMATIZING% ENOUGH.
% I COULDN'T
IMAGINE
THE
ACTUAL
% EXPERIENCE.%>> DO YOU BELIE
VE
THAT
% ULTIMATELY THERE WILL
BE A
% POLITICAL SOLUTION TO
THIS?
% >> I'M
HOPEFUL.
% I AM
HOPEFUL.
% I
THINK
THAT
THINGS
ARE
MOVING
% THE RIGHT WAY.
% I
THINK
THAT A
LOT
OF
PEOPLE
ARE
% SUPPORTIVE OF
DREAMERS
AND
I'M
% REALLY
HOPING
THAT
THE
SENATE
% DECIDES TO
BRING
THE
DREAM
AND
% PROMISE ACT TO
THE
SENATE
FLOOR
% AND VOTE O
N
IT
THE
RIGHT
WAY
AND
% BE ON
THE RIGHT
SIDE
OF
HISTORY.% >> AND
IF
THAT
DOESN'T HAPPEN
IN
% THE NEXT
YEAR, DO YOU
THINK
% GOING
FORWARD, PERHAPS
IN
% ANOTHER ADMINISTRATION OR
DOWN
% THE
ROAD,
THERE COULD
BE A
FIX?
% >>
OH,
FOR
SURE.
% YOU
KNOW, JUST
WITH
VOCES DE LA
% FRONTERA'S
ACTION,
WE'VE
WORKED
% THAT
LATINO
AND
YOUTH
VOTE
% BECOMES PROMINENT
IN
THE
% ELECTION.
% I
WORK
MOSTLY
WITH
HIGH
SCHOOL
% STUDENTS.
% SOME
ARE
18
YEARS
OLD.
% THEY
ARE
MOTIVATED
NOW MORE THAN
% EVER
TO
VOTE
AND
TO
SHOW
UP
AT
% THE POLLING
PLACES.% >> ALL
RIGHT.
% ALEJANDRA
GONZALEZ.% THANK YOU
FOR
YOUR
TIME
TODAY.
% >> THANK YOU V