Dreamers Must Be Protected - as Indigenous Peoples Were Not



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03 March 18
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Activists rallying to defend DACA in Washington, D.C. (photo: Andrew Stefan/RSN)
Betty Lyons, Guardian UK
Lyons writes: "As we approach the 5 March date for expiration of the legal immigration status of so-called Dreamers - those who came to the US as children and now fall under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status, or Daca - we as citizens of the original Indigenous Nations of this continent have been watching closely."
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