Caitlin Patler's Commentary on DACA Featured in Dallas News
Barack Obama’s decision to launch the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in 2012 changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. Assistant Professor of Sociology Caitlin Patler said that DACA’s creation in June 2012 may have allowed recipients to ease up on their fears of deportation and focus on their work and futures.