Because of that. 21/2 years ago many of us appealed to President Obama to protect these DREAMers. these young people. Many of them completed school and had nowhere to go. Being undocumented. they didnt qualify for a penny of assistance in going to college and. many times. if they completed college. they couldnt get a job because of their immigration status. Back in 2012 President Obama created a program called DACA. The DACA Program said that if these DREAMersthese young people who might be eligible under the law I describedwould come forward and register with the government and submit to a background check and pay a filing fee. they would be given temporary status to live in the United States without being deported. to go to school. to work. We estimate that some 2 million young people could qualify for this program. and 600.000 have signed upso far. 600.000. In the State of Illinois. 30.000 have signed up. They have come forward. I have met some of these young people who have qualified under DACA. They are extraordinary young people. I went to Loyola Medical School in Chicago.
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