'We're Not Kids Anymore': The DACA Generation Hits Their 30s with an Unstable Future

'We're not kids anymore': The DACA generation hits their 30s with an unstable future

Recipients of the Obama-era DACA program are aging, even as the Trump administration moves to weaken the program's protections and benefits.(Image credit: Ash Ponders for NPR)

CNN: DACA Recipients Are Losing Protections and Work Permits as Renewal Delays Surge

Marco, 26, graduated from one of the country’s top medical schools last week. He found his calling after witnessing his grandmother battle cancer, and he sometimes worked up to 40 to 60 hours a week to afford his education. That dream is now in jeopardy. Marco is one of the over 500,000 active recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) – an Obama-era program temporarily shielding some immigrants brought to the US as children fro…