“ I know that it is a thing where kids whose parents brought them to this country — It’s like a protection policy for them, or something, so they’re not automatically sent back to their country because their parents brought them here, so it wasn’t a choice for them. I know that Trump wants to get rid of it and that’s going to affect a lot of people’s lives. That’s all I really know about it.”
— Carrie Russell
“I know that the DACA program is a program in the United States that is in response to how we as a nation accept immigrants who came over from other countries and brought children who came in undocumented. And so, this program then said those children who came here, not by any decision of volition they made, obviously they’re young, are able to stay in this country legally because they didn’t come here illegally since it was not their choice. And so the controversy going around now, is we said that you are welcome you can stay here but now there is potential of that being receded, and now Congress is trying to figure out what to do with that.”
– Heather Gorman
“Very little, I don’t watch the news…. other than what Gary Stratton said in chapel…, and in his emails, I know generally we’ve got some students that are facing possible deportation, but yeah that’s about it.”
– Jody Owens.
“ I know that it is a piece of legislation that was put in place to protect children of immigrants, illegal immigrants, I’m pretty sure; not a whole lot honestly.”
— Blake West
“ I know little about DACA. I believe that our Republican president wants to remove a certain amount of not native-born people here and send them back to their country. That’s basically all I know.”
— Zack McPherson
“It regards children of immigrants who came here illegally, who were raised in America, but it allows them to stay here. The whole commotion about it recently is Trump said something about wanting to repeal it, and people don’t want that.”
— Caleb Lawen
“As far as I know, DACA is basically saying if a child came into the country with their parent as an illegal immigrant, it keeps them from being deported. As far as I know, it only extends to a certain number of people who are a part of that act who Luther called dreamers. I know a lot of people are upset because it got evoked by Donald Trump, but It still doesn’t expire for two years. The government still has time to build an alternative and correct anything that is unconstitutional.”
—Logan Marcum
“That immigration thing? I’ll do some research and get back to you.”
— Timothy Gebhard
“DACA is about children who are too young to know that they came into the country illegally and grew up here.”
— Fidi Fiaferana
“DACA is a program that helps children who were born in the United States whose parents are not citizens. It’s for those children to get all the rights that a US citizen deserves.”
— Chris De Tar
“I know that it is a plan so that kids who came here with immigrant parents could stay here without having to be deported, temporarily. They could work and go to school, but it was temporary, and Trump is trying to find a solution that is more long term. I know that a lot of people are nervous about that because we don’t know how that will result.”
— Bekah Ochs
“In, general it allows kids to come to the USA, and that’s the only thing I know for sure. I also know that it is ending in January. At first, it was something people liked, people liked the idea of them coming over, but now people are scared, because they say, ‘Oh, they’re taking our jobs.’ That’s the main reason why it’s being taken away.”
— Jackie Jackson
“I know that it’s being threatened right now, and that a lot of people are being impacted by it. And that it’s a problem that we need to confront.”
— Danielle Shackerford
“I know that 750,00 people are having to go back to countries that they don’t even know anything about because they have never been there.”
— Hayley Bates
“I basically know that it was a program that was used to assist those who come from different countries because they came to America to get a better life.”
— Denaire Pickstock
“DACA is the dreamer program where it brings in students where students can attend college within the States, but they don’t receive the FAFSA.”
— Domanic Hilderbrand
“I know that it is a plan to allow students who — or not just students — citizens who do not have citizenship within the United States to come and be within the states with their families that have come.”
— Jeremiah McClain
“I know that it was an executive order that was signed during President Obama’s campaign. I believe that recently Trump overturned it and so that’s why a lot of people are talking about it. And it’s connected with the whole dreamer thing, which allows students who were brought here illegally as children to pursue college education and then there’s supposed to be a long-term pathway to citizenship. And so, I think right now Congress is working out deals on both sides that relate to the DACA executive order to make that a law, and make sure that children who were brought here illegally, are able to stay here and hopefully become citizens.”
— Randa Leming
“I know that it’s a very big deal right now within Congress and that President Trump gave Congress six months to take action about this executive order that was signed by President Obama in 2012, which protects immigrant kids who came to the country illegally, without their consent. And currently, they are at risk of being deported to their native countries without them actually knowing anything about their background.”
— Paulina Morelos
“Basically I know it’s an act, where people are allowed to live here that aren’t from here, who are fleeing from situations and — now that people are trying to end it, specifically Trump — and politics. It’s forcing people, possibly forcing people to have to move back to their home country even though they didn’t even grow up there or live there for a long time.”
— Lydia Barker
