A caravan of cars traveled through Oakland on Sunday, protesting a judge’s decision to end the DACA program.
The caravan, which began at Elmhurst United Middle School, was a way for community members to "raise our flag and our banner to make clear we’re continuing this fight," said event organizer Yvette Felarca.
This week, a federal judge moved to halt DACA, an immigration policy meant to protect undocumented Dreamers who arrived in the U.S. when they were children. People currently enrolled in DACA will be able to stay and work in the U.S., but no new applications will be accepted.
"They need to declare now that Dreamers have a pathway to citizenship," Felarca said to KCBS Radio.
"The students and young people in DACA, they're citizens," said a man whose car was plastered with "defend DACA" signs.
"They've been in the U.S., they've grown up in the U.S., they’ve gone to school in the U.S., they should have every protection that a citizen has," he affirmed.
In a recent statement, President Joe Biden expressed his disappointment with the judge’s decision, pledging to appeal the move.
"It is my fervent hope that through reconciliation or other means, Congress will finally provide security to all Dreamers, who have lived too long in fear," the President said.
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