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The Fate of DACA Is in the Hands of the Supreme Court. Here’s How Its Decision Could Affect Students and Teachers.

November 12, 2019

By: Kalyn Belsha

Source: Chalkbeat

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in three consolidated cases that will determine the fate of DACA, the program started by President Obama that granted work permits and protection from deportation to nearly 700,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country as children.

The program has had an outsized impact on schools, as about four in 10 of its recipients were students in high school or college, according to a 2017 report from the Migration Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C. think tank. It’s also had tangible educational benefits: A 2018 study suggested that DACA made non-citizens, especially Hispanic students, more likely to graduate from high school and go to college.

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