President Trump’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program places 800,000 young people whose parents brought them into the United States in jeopardy of deportation.

Lumina President Jamie Merisotis describes how creating paths to permanent residency is the right thing to do to help people who otherwise would suffer harm through no fault of their own.

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Davis Powell has gone from being a penniless inmate in a Minnesota state prison four years ago to a $14-an-hour employee, plus benefits and ample overtime, a shared apartment, a car and a future.

Powell also represents an untapped national workforce of millions of formerly incarcerated people.