On August 15, 2012, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program officially opened for applications. Ahead of the nine-year anniversary of the DACA program’s beginning, two TheDream.US staff reflect on that day and its significance.
"After years of hearing the inaccurate ‘why don’t you just get in line?’ question from immigration reform skeptics, it was a reminder that when given the chance to get in an actual line, we seized the opportunity."