Now, DACA has been an essential way to provide stability for the dreamers and their families. But right now, in my state and across the country, dreamers haven't been able to apply for new DACA protections. Nearly half of Nevada's dreamers are eligible for DACA, but unfortunately, thousands of dreamers in my state are currently vulnerable because this administration is refusing to accept their DACA applications. And now it's in direct defiance of a court order because in March of this year, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Trump administration must start accepting new DACA applications because that is the law. (08:39–08:55)
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Asserts that nearly half of Nevada's dreamers are eligible for DACA, but the administration is not accepting applications.
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