Juan Carlos Cerda was back in the nation’s capital Thursday to meet with White House staff and members of Congress on the 11th anniversary of DACA. Born in Mexico, Cerda came to Texas as an undocumented immigrant when he was 7 years old.
The DACA program has allowed the now 30-year-old to live, study and work in the U.S. without fear of deportation. Cerda went to Yale University and became an educator.
“Texas DACA recipients have irrefutable contributions to our economy,” he said. “When someone loses DACA, you lose your job and you lose this important role in the community that you play.” “If DACA ends, Texas would lose 5,000 workers a week for two years. That doesn’t grow an economy, it hurts an economy,” Garcia said. “The positions that would be lost are in critical positions, like health care and teaching.”
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