DACA turns 11: As White House calls for immigration reform, 'Dreamers' share their worries
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris spoke out on Thursday on the 11th anniversary of DACA as the program remains in legal limbo The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, hit a milestone on Thursday, 11 years after it first began. As the White House touts how DACA has helped support young immigrants who they say have become valuable members of society, some of those same DACA recipients are speaking out as their fate remains in limbo, given the years of legal challenges and controversy around the program. In written and taped statements first shared with ABC News, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris marked the DACA anniversary by praising the contributions of the young immigrants, sometimes referred to as "Dreamers," who were shielded from deportation. Biden and Harris also again called on Congress to provide those people with long-term protections through immigration reform -- something Congress has been unable to agree on for years, despite...