Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipients live in constant uncertainty. COVID-19 only increases anxieties amongst DACA recipients who are awaiting a Supreme Court decision determining the future of the program protecting them.

DACA recipients serve diligently as healthcare providers, pharmacy workers and first responders. They’re also helping to keep many lives afloat during this crisis as grocery store employees, maintenance providers and sanitation workers. America needs these frontline workers now more than ever, but in an instant the Supreme Court could eliminate their ability to assist with this crisis.

I urge the Trump Administration to rescind their appeal and extend protections for DACA recipients whose status expires through the end of this year, as USCIS offices are closed during this time.


I encourage DACA recipients to get more information regarding how coronavirus impacts them and their statuses. U.S. senators Loeffler and Perdue must also pass permanent protections for Dreamers.

CHARLES KUCK, IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY, ATLANTA