DACA rally held in Carbondale

Immigration activists rallied last night in Carbondale in support of area young people enrolled in the DACA immigration program.

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin spoke out at a press conference yesterday, following an announcement by Attorney General Jeff Sessions that the Trump Administration would end the program that protected from deportation immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

Durbin urged Congress to swiftly pass new protections.

There are about 20 DACA participants enrolled at SIU Carbondale. In Illinois, 42,376 people have been granted Daca protection between 2012 and March 31 of this year.

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