Speaker 1: I'm Patti Rodriguez and I'm Marik Glindo. We're the host
Speaker 1: of the podcast Out of the Shadows that tells the
Speaker 1: history of America's contentious immigration system.
Speaker 2: I remember being undocumented and very very afraid.
Speaker 3: The season, we're telling the incredible true story of a
Speaker 3: group of undocumented students who took on the system and
Speaker 3: change the course of history.
Speaker 1: We're talking about the Dreamers.
Speaker 2: The way to survive in the United States as an
Speaker 2: indepented immigrant was to be invisible, and that changed completely
Speaker 2: with the Dreamers because they said, we don't want to
Speaker 2: keep on waiting. This is our country too. We don't
Speaker 2: want to be invisible. And not only that, but we're
Speaker 2: going to be visible, and we're going to pressure everyone,
Speaker 2: including the President of the United States, to change our status.
Speaker 4: Over the next few months, eligible individuals who do not
Speaker 4: present a risk to national security or public safety, we'll
Speaker 4: be able to request temporary relief from deportation proceedings and
Speaker 4: apply for work authorization.
Speaker 3: In twenty twelve, then President Barack Obama issued an executive
Speaker 3: order known as DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,
Speaker 3: that gave protected status to hundreds of thousands of undocumented
Speaker 3: people who were brought to the US as children.
Speaker 1: But this isn't Obama's story. This is their story about
Speaker 1: how they came out of the shadows.
Speaker 5: What we learned is that you're actually much safer the
Speaker 5: more you are out.
Speaker 1: It's not that they weren't afraid. They were afraid. At
Speaker 1: every moment they were afraid. I mean they were kids.
Speaker 5: The movement pushed Obama and his administration to create DACA
Speaker 5: because otherwise it would have just kept reporting all of us.
Speaker 1: Listen to Out of the Shadows Dreamers on the iHeartRadio app,
Speaker 1: Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.