Approximately 3,000 Jamaicans who are beneficiaries of the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday after the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Donald Trump administration cannot end the programme that was instituted by executive order by then President Barack Obama eight years ago.
“I am relieved,” said Rohan D, a Jamaican DACA recipient who said that he was in limbo awaiting the decision.
“As a co-lead of H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act to provide a pathway to citizenship for DREAMers, I applaud the Supreme Court’s decision to block the Trump administration’s attempt to end DACA.
“... While I wish this decision were even broader and also upheld DACA on equal-protection grounds, the fact that DACA recipients are safe from deportation for now is a major milestone,” the congresswoman said.
David Brown, Jamaican attorney out of South Florida, said that he agreed with the Supreme Court’s decision.
