Georgia Residents Participate In DACA Rally In D.C.
People rally outside the Supreme Court as oral arguments are heard in the case of President Trump’s decision to end the Obama-era, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), Tuesday at the Supreme Court in Washington.
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A Georgia delegation of about a dozen people headed to a rally in Washington, D.C., to support DACA. While the Supreme Court heard arguments about the policy on Tuesday, thousands rallied outside of the court in support of the program.
DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, allows certain undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children to apply for two-year renewable work permits.
The program is not a path to citizenship. The Trump administration attempted to end the program in 2017. The administration says the Obama administration unconstitutionally implemented the program.
One of the Georgians at the rally was Raymond Partolan. He was born in the Philippines and came to Georgia at the age of 1.
WABE’s Roxanne Scott spoke with him about why it was important for him to show his support in D.C.
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