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Dick Durbin: “830,000 people signed up for DACA.”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Published | Video Starts at 03:38

In 2012, at the request of myself and our late colleague, Republican Senator Richard Lugar, President Obama established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA. 830,000 people signed up for DACA. What does DACA mean? Every two years? If you're undocumented, were brought here as a dreamer, every two years you've got to renew your status as DACA. What does it mean? (03:38–03:43)

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