'Death by a Thousand Cuts': The Crackdown of DACA Under Trump
Latino USA
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4.8 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Once a protected group of immigrants, people with DACA are now being detained and deported under the Trump administration. More than half a million people brought to the U.S. as children have gone through the rigorous process to get this protected status over the last 14 years, so what’s happening to their status now? We bring you the latest from NBC News’ Nicole Acevedo and take a look back at the program’s history with organizer Neidi Dominguez, who helped make DACA a reality under the Obama administration.
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| 0:46.7 | It's February 18th, 2026, in downtown Sacramento, California, and Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez, she has an appointment in one of the buildings here. |
| 0:51.2 | She's lived in the United States for almost 30 years, and this morning, her 22-year-old daughter, |
| 0:57.0 | Damaris, is by her side. |
| 1:00.0 | My mom went to a green card one thing. |
| 1:04.0 | Something that was supposed to be a step forward for our show. |
| 1:08.0 | But instead of getting her green card, a federal immigration agent shows up suddenly |
| 1:14.5 | and tells Maria that she has an immediate order for deportation. Maria's wrists and feet are cuffed. |
| 1:22.8 | Then an agent cites a removal order dating back to when she was just 15 years old and crossed the |
| 1:29.3 | U.S.-Mexico border. This is a story that, sadly, is not new, but it is now much more common |
| 1:36.8 | under the second Trump administration. Immigrants are following legal processes in this |
| 1:43.4 | country, and then they are still getting detained. |
| 1:47.6 | But there is something different about Marias case, and that's because she's been a DACA recipient for over a decade. |
| 1:56.8 | DACA is the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, something that was first announced by DHS in 2012 during the Obama administration. |
| 2:07.0 | Now, DACA recipients don't have citizenship status, but they have been a protected group of immigrants since the executive action was announced. |
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