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Group calls for action as White House announces changes are coming to DACA program

‘My parents brought me into my country, because this is my country’

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The White House announced Tuesday that changes are going to be made to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that protects people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children and are still undocumented.The decision is opposed by many people in Oklahoma City.“Today is not the day to become depressed and said,” Brisa Ledezma said. “Today is the day we stand up and fight for this. I am a DREAMer, and I will keep fighting.”Ledezma is a teacher at Santa Fe South Charter School and a DACA recipient. She was just one of the people who spoke Tuesday afternoon, renouncing President Donald Trump’s decision to roll back DACA protections.“When I was 2 years old, my parents brought me into my country, because this is my country,” she said.Others called on Congress to now make DACA a priority.“The clock is ticking for the most vulnerable members of our community,” Superintendent Chris Brewster said. Sen. James Lankford issued a statement Tuesday, reiterating his disapproval, saying,“We as Americans do not hold children legally accountable for the actions of their parents. In the coming months, Congress must address this issue.”Thousands of DACA recipients in Oklahoma and around the country are now waiting for what’s next.