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Trump Admin Warns DACA Recipients To Self-Deport

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The Trump administration advised Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients to self-deport and warned that they are "not automatically protected from deportation."

Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of Homeland Security, told Newsweek the warning is "not new or news."

"Illegal aliens who claim to be recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals [DACA] are not automatically protected from deportations," she said. "DACA does not confer any form of legal status in this country. Any illegal alien who is a DACA recipient may be subject to arrest and deportation for a number of reasons, including...

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