Arkdems Radio Report
DACA, Nurses, & The Good News in the Arkansas Legislature
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:02:16
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I’m Michael John Gray, Chairman of the Democratic Party of ArkansasIt’s getting close to that time of year where people are heading to graduations, then heading toward their futures. Some of them have, or at least think they have, a pretty clear idea of what lays ahead, and what they want their life to become. Some of them, and some of us, know that life’s paths aren’t always so easy to see, or so easy to follow.But imagine for a moment, that you followed all the right steps. You went to class, you did the work, you found your passion. But something was holding you back, something very much beyond your control.Well that’s the case for a few thousand Arkansans enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, a lot of people just call it DACA. These are people who were brought to this country as children, by parents who were looking for a better life.They went to school, they put in the work. They have grown up and lived alongside all of us, just like every other neighbor, and every oth