Immigration attorney pleads for relief as DACA deadlines loom and social distancing adds hurdles for 'Dreamers'

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• The Supreme Court is set to decide this summer whether to uphold the Trump administration's cancellation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program.
• About 800,000 people have received protection from deportation under DACA, out of about 1.8 million people who were brought to the US as children.
• While the program is in jeopardy, so-called Dreamers are still required to renew their status every two years, at a cost of $495.
• Maria Kutnick, a pro bono immigration attorney, told Business Insider that "because of COVID-19 and social distancing, we're no longer able to represent these clients in person."
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Undocumented immigrants, brought to the United States as children, are facing the same shelter-in-place requirements as millions of other Americans, with thousands working to save lives during a global pandemic.

The Trump administration is refusing to extend deadlines for renewal applications and declining to waive the nearly $500 renewal fee that some 800,000 "Dreamers" need to complete to remain in the US. 

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