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few years ago I wrote to President Obama and said: As President, can
you find a way to protect these young people until we do what we are
supposed to do in Congress? He did. He created something called DACA. By Executive order, these
young people could apply, pay about $500 in a filing fee, go through a
criminal background check, and if they had no problems--no threat to
this country--be allowed to stay here on a temporary 2-year basis. They
could go to school but with no Federal help, no Federal assistance for
their education. They could work and renew it every 2 years. That is
DACA. Over 750,000 kids signed up. These were kids just like the one I
described earlier--now young people who are going to college and doing
important things with their lives.