Out of the Shadows

DACA could end today even though it would cost billions to end and possibly destroy entire communities all around America. 

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The immigrant rights movement of today is not the same as it was 11 years ago. But it hasn’t gone away. It’s just gone viral. We break down how tools like TikTok and Instagram have changed the way Dreamers make moves to fight the system.

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DACA’s survival is a big deal for people who make your street food like tacos, but it's also good for the American economy. Whether it’s taqueros or nurses, teachers, first responders, lawyers and so many others, DACA recipients contribute hundreds of billions of dollars to our economy. So yeah, this episode isn’t just about tacos. It’s about the money, baby. 

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Luis Cortes Romero became a lawyer thanks to DACA but can he save the very program that granted him his work permit from President Donald Trump? A Supreme Court battle wages on to save Dreamers from deportation. 

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DACA only extended protection to a little under a million people, leaving out millions for reasons of age, felony status or just plain bad luck. After the Obama administration kept hearing concerns about all those people that were left out of the program, President Barack Obama is being pressured to do something especially for the parents of the Dreamers.

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After months of planning and years of organizing, a daring group of undocumented organizers embark on their biggest and most dangerous demonstration yet. The mission: bring home six Dreamers who were now living in Mexico and could not benefit from DACA.

This is the story of the Dream Nine... told by them. 

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With a quick stroke of a pen President Barack Obama created DACA - but the application process wasn't easy. And it didn’t include everyone. That created a lot of issues for the Dreamers. Like what happens to families who had members that met the criteria but others who didn’t? And were some Dreamers' parents targeted by ICE for their activism?

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On June 15th, 2012 former President Barack Obama shocked the country when he walked onto the White House lawn and announced the executive order DACA or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. But who made it happen?

On this episode of Out of the Shadows: Dreamers, Patty and Erick explore how behind the scenes a group of undocumented students turned activists pushed President Obama and his administration to pass DACA.

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Between 2006 and 2007, millions of people took to the streets to fight for immigration reform. The protests reached a climax on May 1st, 2006. The day would later be nicknamed, A Day Without An Immigrant. Did La Gran Marcha influence the Dreamer Movement?

On this episode, Patty and Erick tackle whether the marches of '06 and '07 impacted how a group of undocumented students took on the government and won. 

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Hosts Patty Rodriguez and Erick Galindo return for an all-new season of the iHeart podcast, Out of the Shadows, this time to tell the story of the Dreamer Movement and the origins of DACA or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

On the first episode of the season, they explore the many influences that led to former President Barack Obama's executive order. One theory dates back to the 70s and a guy named John Lennon.

Welcome to Out of the Shadows: Dreamers.

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