What is President Barack Obama’s legacy on immigration?
Over the past eight years, more than 2.4 million people have been deported. That’s more than Obama's predecessors. At the same time, he created DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Since 2012, DACA has allowed more than 740,000 undocumented immigrants who arrived in the US as children to receive a work permit and temporary protection from deportation. How do you grade Obama’s immigration record?
Guests:
Catherine Tactaquin, executive director and a co-founder of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Randy Capps, director of research for US Programs at the Migration Policy Institute
Ellie Perez, student and recipient of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals)
Web Resources:
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
The Migration Policy Institute
National Immigration Law Center
