Activists rallied outside the Supreme Court for nearly four hours Tuesday in 40-degree weather, as a number of DACA recipients shared their stories for the crowd.
Rebecca MorinWASHINGTON – “Si se puede” rang out across the crowd of hundreds of activists, supporters and “DREAMers” who are recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program. Drizzle fell as the crowd spilled onto First Street in front of the Supreme Court, all awaiting some sense of how things had gone inside the court.
Gomez is a DACA recipient who traveled from Utah to Washington on a 5-hour flight, arriving early Tuesday morning. Gomez, who is leaving in just a couple of hours, said she came out because her rights are endangered. Ortiz, who is from San Bernardino County in California, said “over the last few years I’ve felt very tugged from feeling safe to feeling unsure.” She added that, in the end, she isn’t afraid whether DACA ends.
“This is impacting the entire country, not just the 700,000, 800,000 DACA recipients themselves,” Gonzalez said. “We want to make sure we’re living in a country we all deserve.”
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