On Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced plans to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an Obama-era program that has allowed nearly 800,000 young people who came to the US as children to stay, work, and live in the country.
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How much money a DACA repeal could cost every state
A DACA rollback will cause repercussions to the US economy that will be felt in every state.
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an employment authorization document, which allows them certain protections to work in the US.
By 2019, DACA recipients (known as DREAMers, a name that comes from a 2001 bipartisan legislation that aimed to lay path for their citizenship) will start to lose their protections, paving the way for deportations.
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