Fifteen states and the District of Columbia filed suit on Wednesday against the Trump
administration over its decision to roll back an Obama-era program,... which offered protection
to undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
They claim it's an assault on the values that built the states and the nation.
But with President Trump having 'no second thoughts' on DACA, some 800-thousand people--
including Koreans there... face an uncertain future.
Cha Sang-mi reports.
Koreans in America are watching carefully after the Trump administration on Tuesday
said it's rescinding the Obama-era program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
President Trump has given Congress six months to come up with comprehensive legislation
to decide the fate of the so-called "dreamers," before the scheme is eventually scrapped over
the next couple of years.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions made the announcement, calling the Daca order unconstitutional and
a "unilateral executive amnesty."
The end of Daca means those covered by the program -- an estimated 800,000 young people
including around 8-thousand South Koreans, possibly more -- could be deported starting
next March and first-time applications will not be acted on after this Tuesday.
The five-year-old program gave two-year work and study permits to undocumented immigrants
under the age of 30 who entered the U.S. illegally as children, if they provided their personal
information.
An official at the Korean Consulate General in L.A. said there are more than 25-hundred
Korean DACA recipients in California alone, and because of the seriousness of the situation,
there is no immediate measure for the Korean government to take.
The Korean American Federation of L.A. said among the Korean DACA recipients there are
more students than workers.
The association is concerned they will have to live in fear of deportation and be unable
to get support from others due to the need to conceal their status.
The move to end DACA could reinforce President Trump's approval among his base, but many
in Washington are against it.
A study by the Center for American Progress estimates that the loss of all DACA workers
would reduce U.S. GDP by over 400-billion U.S. dollars over the next decade.
Some business leaders and Barack Obama himself have condemned the move and urged Congress
to quickly act to protect the "dreamers."
The former president issued his own statement defending DACA's legality and the "dreamers"
saying they are Americans in their hearts and minds, just not on paper.
Cha Sang-mi, Arirang News.
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