Is there a limit to the Trump administration’s willingness to scapegoat immigrants? We’ll soon find out, as the president decides whether to end a program that protects some young undocumented immigrants, brought here as children, from deportation.
The answer could change Sandra’s life. The 19-year-old Fenway High graduate was brought here from Mexico by her mother when she was four. She didn’t even know she was undocumented until five years ago, when President Obama announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. Her mother, who had overstayed a visa and worked restaurant jobs to support Sandra and her two other children, urged her to register.