The Californian

With a 6-0 vote, the city council Tuesday evening declared Salinas a "Dreamers City" in support of the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program and called on Congress to enshrine the program in law.

All council members present voted for the non-binding proposal after hearing three people in the audience voice support for it and only one in opposition.

The resolution said the "Dreamers" are people in the country illegally whom the executive office shielded from deportation as long as they weren't criminals and had been brought here as children, according to the staff report.

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Many of them serve in the military or have college degrees, according to the resolution.

"California, including the city of Salinas, needs college-educated young men and women to fuel our economy and cannot afford to lose our dreamers to deportation," the resolution read.

In mid-September, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors also voted unanimously to pass a resolution that declares the county a “Dreamers County."

In early September, President Trump announced that he would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, spurring protests nationally and in Salinas.