10 years after DACA was announced, Dreamers remain in limbo
Ten years ago, the Obama administration announced the DACA program to protect certain young immigrants in the U.S. from being deported. Two Dreamers reflect on the years since.
Ten years ago, Diana Pliego was heading home from a church youth group event when her parents shared some surprising news.
Earlier that day, the Obama administration had announced a new program that would protect her and tens of thousands of other immigrants from deportation and allow them to work legally.
It was the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, meant to help undocumented youth like Pliego who had been brought into the United States as children, often called Dreamers.
"I just remember having a lot of questions, like it sounded
