They had the $500 or $600 they needed for the filing fee. They were prepared for all the background checks. At the end of the
day, after 5 or 6 years of DACA, 780,000 young people have signed up
for this protection. What has happened to these young people is nothing short of amazing. I could go on for a long time about the success stories of the DACA
recipients once they got that protection, once they could work. I love to tell the story about Loyola University Chicago Stritch
School of Medicine. That school decided they were going to open up
competition for their medical school to DACA-protected young people--
not a special spot for them or a set-aside of quotas or numbers. No,
they had to compete with everyone else. But that medical school said:
These young people now deserve a chance. As a result of that decision, there are 28 medical students at Loyola
Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago, and they are there because there
was no place else that would accept them. This college of medicine
said: If you are DACA protected, we will let you compete to come to our
school. The word spread around the country like lightning. Some of the best
and brightest young people finally got their chance, and they were
accepted to this medical school.