WEBVTT - Introducing: Out of the Shadows - Dreamers

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Patti Rodriguez and I'm Marik Glindo. We're the host

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<v Speaker 1>of the podcast Out of the Shadows that tells the

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<v Speaker 1>history of America's contentious immigration system.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember being undocumented and very very afraid.

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<v Speaker 3>The season, we're telling the incredible true story of a

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<v Speaker 3>group of undocumented students who took on the system and

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<v Speaker 3>change the course of history.

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<v Speaker 1>We're talking about the Dreamers.

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<v Speaker 2>The way to survive in the United States as an

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<v Speaker 2>indepented immigrant was to be invisible, and that changed completely

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<v Speaker 2>with the Dreamers because they said, we don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>keep on waiting. This is our country too. We don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to be invisible. And not only that, but we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to be visible, and we're going to pressure everyone,

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<v Speaker 2>including the President of the United States, to change our status.

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<v Speaker 4>Over the next few months, eligible individuals who do not

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<v Speaker 4>present a risk to national security or public safety, we'll

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<v Speaker 4>be able to request temporary relief from deportation proceedings and

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<v Speaker 4>apply for work authorization.

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<v Speaker 3>In twenty twelve, then President Barack Obama issued an executive

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<v Speaker 3>order known as DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,

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<v Speaker 3>that gave protected status to hundreds of thousands of undocumented

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<v Speaker 3>people who were brought to the US as children.

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<v Speaker 1>But this isn't Obama's story. This is their story about

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<v Speaker 1>how they came out of the shadows.

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<v Speaker 5>What we learned is that you're actually much safer the

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<v Speaker 5>more you are out.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not that they weren't afraid. They were afraid. At

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<v Speaker 1>every moment they were afraid. I mean they were kids.

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<v Speaker 5>The movement pushed Obama and his administration to create DACA

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<v Speaker 5>because otherwise it would have just kept reporting all of us.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen to Out of the Shadows Dreamers on the iHeartRadio app,

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<v Speaker 1>Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.