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A federal judge in Texas decided that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is "probably illegal," but won’t allow it to be suspended.

Despite years spent fighting for regularization, and having children who are U.S. citizens, many Dreamers continue to live with an uncertain future in the country they have called home for nearly their entire lives.

District Judge Andrew Hanen has in his hands the immediate fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. His decision on Wednesday could suspend the program, coinciding with President Trump’s wishes.

Latino American photographer Quetzal Maucci spoke with AL DÍA News about her childhood in San Francisco, CA, growing up the daughter of two Latin American immigrant mothers, as well as how she became interested in documenting the lives of the children of immigrants in the United States. Her series "Children of Immigrants" was published in The New York Times.

Under the guidance of director Carlos Alberto Méndez, a Dreamer himself, a group of these young migrants created UndocuCinema for the realization and production of film projects so they can tell their stories.

AL DÍA News spoke with Dr. Eduardo Cabrera, Chair of the Department of Modern Languages at Millikin University in Illinois and finalist in the Latino Book Awards 2018, about the challenges of being a Latino immigrant in the Midwest.

Criticism and demonstrations have prompted the White House to reconsider family separation measures, just two months after its "zero tolerance" policies were put in place.

Republicans will do everything possible to build the wall, even if it means negotiating with the policy of separating families at the border.

After a small coalition of moderate Republicans in the House of Representatives didn’t get enough votes to decide on a bipartisan proposal that could save DACA, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan promised to evaluate the solutions next week.

In her latest book, California reporter Lauren Markham tells the odyssey of twins Ernesto and Raúl Flores, who fled violence in El Salvador and crossed the border alone to reach the United States.

The Department of Health and Human Services has lost track of 1,475 undocumented children placed in U.S. guardianship. Even so, the Trump Administration insists on separating undocumented families when they are detained, perpetuating the risk of human trafficking.

In what many have called "open ignorance of the Constitution," Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said this week that it is at the discretion of each school whether to report the status of students to immigration officials.

A group of moderate Republicans aims to reach a forced vote to resolve the status of the so-called "Dreamers" if the president and his followers insist on rejecting proposals.

On Tuesday, Republican Bill Haslam announced that he would approve a bill that would ban sanctuary cities in Tennessee, even if it doesn’t carry his signature.

Thanks to President Trump's prolific campaign to criminalize immigrants, ICE increasingly blames innocent people for supposedly being gang members.