She feared the law all of her life. Then she sought to change it: One of the brightest legal stars in the country is a DACA recipient

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : But Biden said it "remains to be seen" whether DACA will be included as part of that package.
58% : In 2012, the Obama Administration introduced Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, granting work authorization and temporary protection from deportation for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children.
57% : She was granted DACA as a senior in high school, enabling her to apply to college.
56% : On the other, she had to shake the notion that she was undeserving of the opportunities made by DACA and appreciate the privilege accompanying it. "
52% : "I'm really thankful to my mom for being brave enough to keep up with the policy changes that were happening and to be brave enough to allow me to apply for DACA," Lee said.
42% : "Putting our addresses on a government form is a really risky thing to do and it takes a level of sacrifice for parents to have their kids apply for DACA."
39% : DACA, however, is again in legal jeopardy.
33% : Last month, a federal judge in Texas ruled DACA illegal in a case joined by eight other states, blocking DHS from granting new applicants.
26% : It would be another two years before the Supreme Court ruled against the administration's attempt to wind down the DACA, concluding Trump gave insufficient reason for ending DACA.
24% : But soon after Donald Trump took office, the future of DACA was thrown into disarray.

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