Leezia Dhalla The Washington Post

In less than two months, my legal protections under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will expire. My employer will have to let me go; I won't have a way to pay my rent; my family and friends will be inconsolable, knowing that I can be deported at any time, says Dhalla, a Canadian-born "dreamer" who immigrated to Texas in 1996.

In less than two months, my legal protections under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will expire. My employer will have to let me go; I won't have a way to pay my rent; my family and friends will be inconsolable, knowing that I can be deported at any time, says Dhalla, a Canadian-born "dreamer" who immigrated to Texas in 1996.