The “Dreamers” are a product of DACA – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals – an executive order signed by President Obama in 2012. According to the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service (USCIS), a branch of Homeland Security in charge of regulating DACA, it allows “certain people who came to the United States as children and meet several guidelines [to] request consideration of deferred action for a period of two years, subject to renewal. They are also eligible for work authorization.”

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