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Aliento founder Reyna Montoya addresses a circle of other DACA recipients and mixed immigration status families on Nov. 7, 2020.

New DACA ruling leaves recipients hopeful, but questions remain

A federal judge ruled Saturday the Trump administration's rollbacks to the program were unlawful.
Daniela Ofelia Nava Leyva speaks at an event in downtown Phoenix celebrating Joe Biden's presidential win on Nov. 7, 2020.

'We have peace': After Biden win, DACA recipients reflect on the last decade

Arizona "Dreamers" helped get out the vote for Biden. Now they want to make sure he follows though.
A woman fills out a ballot at a polling place inside Temple Emanu-El in Tucson on Aug. 4, 2020.

Campaign led by DACA recipients aims to engage youth, Latino voters

In Arizona and across the nation, immigration is a forefront issue this November.
DACA supporters gathered outside ICE in Phoenix on June 18, 2020, to celebrate the Supreme Court's ruling to continue the DACA program for now.

US District Court says Trump administration must accept new DACA applications

Policy experts say the administration has failed to comply with the Supreme Court ruling.
Blanca Sierra Reyes, 27, applied for DACA eight years ago and has renewed every two years since. She graduated with a master's degree in social work from ASU in spring 2019, an achievement she said would not have been possible without DACA.

Despite Supreme Court ruling, DACA slow to be restored

The Supreme Court's ruling to uphold the Obama-era program went into effect Monday
AZPM's Tony Paniagua interviews Darian Benitez Sanchez over Zoom on June 22, 2020. The Phoenix teen hopes to apply for DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that protects immigrants brought illegally to the U.S. as children from deportation.

After Supreme Court rulings on DACA, LGBTQ rights, what’s next for those impacted?

Tony Paniagua spoke to Arizonans affected by the rulings.

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