We were shocked when so many people signed up. And at the end, 830,000 young people became DACA protected. In 2022 alone, they [DACA recipients] contributed nearly $2.1 billion to Social Security and Medicare. That's just DACA working as doctors and teachers and police officers and much more. Unfortunately, this administration has launched an assault on daca. President Trump tried but failed to end the program in his first term. (03:52–04:00)
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Asserts that DACA recipients contributed nearly $2.1 billion to Social Security and Medicare in 2022.
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