Denouncing DACA: Brooklyn Bridge protest, statewide action, hit Trump policies hard
Some Republicans Take 'Pro Dreamers' Stance, 13 Arrested
Following a slew of statements from Brooklyn politicians slamming President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind DACA, residents from the borough and across the city also took a stand by demonstrating in front of the Trump Tower and marching across the Brooklyn Bridge Tuesday night.
Politicians representing Brooklyn, a borough that makes up more than 30 percent of New York City’s immigrant population, have mostly opposed Trump’s DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) decision.
The policy, created by then-President Barack Obama’s administration in June 2012, allows certain illegal immigrants who entered the U.S. as minors and who meet several guidelines to be considered for a two-year renewable period of deferred action and be eligible to work. Almost 800,000 immigrants have been recipients of DACA since its inception. As of March 2017, Kings County had a total of 22,000 DACA-eligible residents, according to the Migration Policy Institute.