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sl8

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37. According to the article, he was no longer enrolled in DACA.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 10:29 PM
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He should have stayed away from that weed, for he had more to lose than many of his friends did. He should have found a way to come up with the fees – now more than $500 a year – to remain on DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program designed to protect children brought to America by their parents.

[...]

I just feel really guilty because I feel like obviously, all of this could have been prevented if we were not smoking marijuana,” she said, insisting that one of the charges against Fonzie was because of marijuana that belonged to her. Things careened out of control. They paid court costs and lawyers instead of DACA, and when Fonzie saved enough to re-enroll he was denied.

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fuck him!!! gopiscrap Sunday #1
it's amazing. that an undocumented young man, with a criminal history, supported Trump. Trump ran on immigration BlueWaveNeverEnd Sunday #4
Good. Scrivener7 Sunday #2
BYe Historic NY Sunday #3
This guy ain't to bright. Bluestocking Sunday #5
YOU... ARE... AN... IDIOT! Chasstev365 Sunday #6
If I Spent 2 Years.... ProfessorGAC Sunday #7
His father was deported before him! And still he didnt think it would happen to him BlueWaveNeverEnd Sunday #10
Then I'm Ok... ProfessorGAC Sunday #11
He was in the 6th grade when his dad was deported, so that would have been around 2012 MichMan Sunday #30
His father was deported under the Obama administration. That said he himself was DACA so mucifer Sunday #32
As DACA, he was safe under Dem admin BlueWaveNeverEnd Sunday #33
Yup, that's what I said. But, under President Obama the deportations did go way up. It's just a sad fact. mucifer Sunday #34
I think a lot of Obana deportations were turning people away at the border BlueWaveNeverEnd Sunday #35
No . Check out this Propublica article from 2010: mucifer Sunday #36
Ok thx BlueWaveNeverEnd Sunday #40
Didn't Obama appoint Tom Homan to run deportations for ICE? radical noodle Monday #41
According to the article, he was no longer enrolled in DACA. sl8 Sunday #37
Ok. Thx BlueWaveNeverEnd Sunday #39
. . . CousinIT Sunday #8
... listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story ... struggle4progress Sunday #9
I actually heard the National Lampoon version first progressoid Sunday #28
I must admit to a long-enduring admiration for the genius of National Lampoon struggle4progress Sunday #29
sounds like a leonard cohen tune lol nt msongs Sunday #31
Oh no! flvegan Sunday #12
So sad UpInArms Sunday #13
God, people! I read the complete article and am crying. That young man was raised in bright red Alabama and all sinkingfeeling Sunday #14
By his support for Trump, he signalled his willingness for others to be deported BlueWaveNeverEnd Sunday #15
Good people? Bluestocking Sunday #16
Sinkingfeeling PhylliPretzel Sunday #27
"America" and "we" are not the crime and haven't "become" it. TRUMP is. UTUSN Sunday #38
Welcome to r/LeopardsAteMyFace sakabatou Sunday #17
"it's just so surreal... how it's happening not just to me, but to a lot of people like me." B.See Sunday #18
That's..... deplorable. nt. druidity33 Sunday #19
He'd have voted for Trump, in all likelihood, MagickMuffin Sunday #20
Pure Timewas Sunday #21
An original Roy Rolling Sunday #22
Reminds me of the anti-vaxx covid deniers dying of covid. SunSeeker Sunday #23
The leopards ate my face nycbos Sunday #24
Tots and pears orangecrush Sunday #25
Cry me a river catbyte Sunday #26
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