Former President Barack Obama took social networks On Sunday to address immigration as protests against the review of President Donald Trump of immigration and the sweeps of ice sweep continue to grab the nation.
Obama caught attention to the Deferred Action Program for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which was established in 2012 during his mandate.
“Daca was an example of how we can be a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws. And it is an example that is worth remembering today, when families with similar background who only want to live, work and support their communities are being demonized and treated as enemies,” Obama said.
TOPSHOT – former US president Barack Obama campaigns for the US vice president and democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 10, 2024.
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The immigration policy allows some immigrant children to bring the United States to receive a renewable period of two years of deferred action of deportation and be eligible for a work permit.
Since then, the program has been subject to legal challenges and attempts to dismantle it by the Trump administration. It currently remains in force for those who were already recipients.
The former president’s comments occur when protests in Los Angeles extend to the eighth day, seeing both peaceful marches and confrontations with the police.
Obama asked the United States to fix their immigration system “while recognizing our common humanity and is treated with each other with dignity and respect.”
“In fact, it is the only way we will,” Obama said.
