Everyone has a different recollection of what happened in June of 2012 when President Obama made the executive order and set in place the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy. If you were amongst the 800,000 dreamers that were blessed by this decision then you might find yourself relating to the experience that we shared on this day.

These facts were news to us: 

• There are up to 3.6 million Dreamers in the U.S., many of whom are ineligible for DACA due to not applying or aging into the program after new applications were halted.

• Approximately 530,000 Dreamers – are currently protected under DACA.

• Even at the height of DACA participation, only about 800,000 Dreamers were protected.