No longer young, 'dreamers' uneasily watch a legal challenge

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : In a move intended to insulate DACA from legal challenge, the Biden administration released a 453-page rule on Aug. 24 that sticks closely to DACA as it was introduced in 2012.
58% : The oldest recipients were in their early 30s when DACA began and are in their early 40s today.
56% : About 40% are 30 or older, according to fwd.us, a group that supports DACA.
55% :DACA has been closed to new enrollees since July 2021 while the case winds its way through the New Orleans-based appeals court but two-year renewals are allowed.
53% : "The president told us, 'How do we preserve and fortify DACA?
50% : The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is considering a challenge to DACA from Texas and eight other states, asked both sides to explain how the new rule affects the program's legal standing.
48% : She has not seen a brother who returned to Brazil just before DACA was announced in 10 years.
46% : DACA, she said, was "locked in time, like a fossil preserved in amber."
45% : Texas, in a court filing Thursday, said the rule can't save DACA.
44% :"DACA is not for young people," Macedo do Nascimento said.
43% : International travel under DACA is highly restricted.
42% : It codified DACA as a regulation by subjecting it to potential changes after extensive public comment.
42% : Uncertainty surrounding DACA has caused anxiety and frustration among aging recipients.
33% : She worries about losing her job and missing mortgage payments if DACA is ruled illegal.
18% :Born out of President Barack Obama's frustration with Congress' failure to reach an agreement on immigration reform, DACA was meant to be a temporary solution and many saw it as imperfect from the start.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.