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Dreamer tells lawmakers: Obama’s DACA program is ‘unconstitutional’

By Daniel Jativa
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Dreamer tells lawmakers: Obama’s DACA program is ‘unconstitutional’

A beneficiary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals told House lawmakers Wednesday that President Trump has the right to end the program, calling it “unconstitutional.”

Hilario Yanez was brought to the United States by his parents from Mexico at the age of 1. He has since been authorized to stay and work in the United States through DACA, which President Barack Obama instituted over the objections of Republicans and without any congressional authorization.

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