President Donald Trump has said that Dreamers — the young undocumented immigrants who had been largely shielded from deportation under the Obama administration — should "rest easy." But a new batch of data from two federal immigration agencies shows that Dreamers are at a much higher risk of being kicked out of the country if they encounter police.
The number of Dreamers who lost their protection from deportation under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program due to alleged criminal activity increased more than 25 percent in the first three months of Trump’s presidency compared to the same period last year, according to data provided to VICE News by U.S. Customs and Immigration Services. The data shows a sharp uptick in DACA revocations starting during the final months of the Obama administration, when enrollment in the program swelled, and accelerating under Trump.
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