Trump increases deportations of formerly protected DREAMers

Article CAIRCO note: 
From Article; '(DACA) status of enrollees who committed serious crimes, became affiliated with gangs or otherwise became threats to public safety...Under Obama, that led to 365 former DACA enrollees being deported-'
Article author: 
Alan Gomez
Article publisher: 
9 News, KUSA
Article date: 
19 April 2017
Article category: 
National News
Medium
Article Body: 

The Trump administration has stepped up the deportation of undocumented immigrants who had come to the United States as children and lost their protected status, which had allowed them to stay, federal data provided to USA TODAY shows.

Both the Obama and Trump administrations revoked the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status of enrollees who committed serious crimes, became affiliated with gangs or otherwise became threats to public safety. Under Obama, that led to 365 former DACA enrollees being deported, an average of seven a month since the first DACA applications were approved in September 2012.

In the first month of Donald Trump's presidency, 43 former DACA enrollees were deported ...