My thoughts and prayers are with those who are hurting tonight because of the Trump administration’s decision to begin phasing out Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals, also known as “DACA."  I hope whatever Congress creates keeps the essence of what DACA is meant to provide: support to immigrant children who, by no fault of their own, were brought to the United States… many of whom have called the United States “home” for the majority of their lives, thus far.  Yes, most of them are adults now, but they arrived in the United States as children and grew up here.  One such young person, whom I love dearly, is really hurting right now, and expressed that “Immigrants contribute more than natural-born citizens because we always feel like we need to work harder for what we get.”  

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