President-elect Joe Biden wants to restore DACA once he takes office. Advocates in Georgia say that should only be the beginning of Biden’s plan on immigration.
DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, was passed via executive order by then-President Barack Obama in 2012. It’s only a temporary solution for certain undocumented immigrants who have lived in the country since they were children.
“It’s most definitely an important first step on Day One to do,” says Brenda Lopez Romero, an immigration attorney and state lawmaker in Georgia’s House of Representatives. “But that is by far, far, far from where we need to be in terms of really mobilizing action for positive immigration reform.”
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