People protected by the “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” rule – or DACA – gathered in Greensboro Tuesday to ask for U.S. Rep. Mark Walker's support.
DACA is the rule that protects the children of parents who brought them into the U.S. illegally.
About a half dozen people turned up at Walker's office asking for what they called a “Clean DREAM.”
That would be a law, passed by Congress, that continues to protect people under DACA – so-called Dreamers – with no other strings attached.
Laura Garduño Garcia is protected by DACA. Her parents brought her to the U.S. when she was a year old. Now, at 32, she says she's hopeful.
“I've been a Dreamer since there was the term ‘Dreamer,'” Garduño Garcia says. “So every year, with every president, with every new administration, with every new wave that there has been, my family has always been optimistic.”
Several members of the group shared their stories with a staffer in Walker's office, who said he would pass them along to the congressman.
President Donald Trump's administration said Tuesday it will not support DACA, and has told Congress to act on the matter.