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sl8

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37. According to the article, he was no longer enrolled in DACA.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Reply #33)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 11:29 PM

Feb 1

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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.

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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 Feb 1 #1

it's amazing. that an undocumented young man, with a criminal history, supported Trump. Trump ran on immigration BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 1 #4

Good. Scrivener7 Feb 1 #2

BYe Historic NY Feb 1 #3

This guy ain't to bright. Bluestocking Feb 1 #5

YOU... ARE... AN... IDIOT! Chasstev365 Feb 1 #6

If I Spent 2 Years.... ProfessorGAC Feb 1 #7

His father was deported before him! And still he didnt think it would happen to him BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 1 #10

Then I'm Ok... ProfessorGAC Feb 1 #11

He was in the 6th grade when his dad was deported, so that would have been around 2012 MichMan Feb 1 #30

His father was deported under the Obama administration. That said he himself was DACA so mucifer Feb 1 #32

As DACA, he was safe under Dem admin BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 1 #33

Yup, that's what I said. But, under President Obama the deportations did go way up. It's just a sad fact. mucifer Feb 1 #34

I think a lot of Obana deportations were turning people away at the border BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 1 #35

No . Check out this Propublica article from 2010: mucifer Feb 1 #36

Ok thx BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 2 #40

Didn't Obama appoint Tom Homan to run deportations for ICE? radical noodle Feb 2 #41

According to the article, he was no longer enrolled in DACA. sl8 Feb 1 #37

Ok. Thx BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 2 #39

. . . CousinIT Feb 1 #8

... listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story ... struggle4progress Feb 1 #9

I actually heard the National Lampoon version first progressoid Feb 1 #28

I must admit to a long-enduring admiration for the genius of National Lampoon struggle4progress Feb 1 #29

sounds like a leonard cohen tune lol nt msongs Feb 1 #31

Oh no! flvegan Feb 1 #12

So sad UpInArms Feb 1 #13

God, people! I read the complete article and am crying. That young man was raised in bright red Alabama and all sinkingfeeling Feb 1 #14

By his support for Trump, he signalled his willingness for others to be deported BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 1 #15

Good people? Bluestocking Feb 1 #16

Sinkingfeeling PhylliPretzel Feb 1 #27

"America" and "we" are not the crime and haven't "become" it. TRUMP is. UTUSN Feb 1 #38

Welcome to r/LeopardsAteMyFace sakabatou Feb 1 #17

"it's just so surreal... how it's happening not just to me, but to a lot of people like me." B.See Feb 1 #18

That's..... deplorable. nt. druidity33 Feb 1 #19

He'd have voted for Trump, in all likelihood, MagickMuffin Feb 1 #20

Pure Timewas Feb 1 #21

An original Roy Rolling Feb 1 #22

Reminds me of the anti-vaxx covid deniers dying of covid. SunSeeker Feb 1 #23

The leopards ate my face nycbos Feb 1 #24

Tots and pears orangecrush Feb 1 #25

Cry me a river catbyte Feb 1 #26