Meet a Dreamer: Fernanda Lima
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The Trump administration’s move to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, has created an uncertain future for the 800,000 young unauthorized immigrants who had been granted protection from deportation and permission to work legally. Fernanda (22) was born in Brazil, and her mother brought her to the United States when she was only 4 years old so she could attend school here. Before Fernanda got a scholarship from TheDream.US fund and went to Delaware State University, she worked for a doctor who paid for her to become a certified nursing assistant and phlebotomist. Watch her story and learn more about DACA and Dreamers at https://www.cato.org/research/immigration.
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