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7,000 Indians to be affected as Trump scraps Obama-era amnesty programme

The number of such people from India, could be over 20,000, according to an estimate carried out by South Asian Americans Leading Together.

By :  sadhguru jaggi vasudev
Update: 2017-09-06 13:47 GMT
President Donald Trump last month began dismantling DACA, the government program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children. (Photo: AP)
Karen Aguirre and her son Maxilliano, join supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, during a protest in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday.
A supporter of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), holds up a sign during a protest outside of the Federal Building in San Francisco
Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) yell during a protest outside of the Federal Building in San Francisco
A girl hands out cupcakes at a protest against the announcement that the Trump administration is ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, in Minneapolis
Almost 800,000 young immigrants who were brought to the US illegally as children or overstayed their visas could see their lives upended after the Trump administration announced Tuesday it is ending the Obama-era program that protected them from deportation
Santa Ana resident Alfonso Rivas yells with all others as he makes his support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, in Santa Ana, California.
Thousands of people from India, who arrived in the US illegally as children, fear deportation after President Donald Trump's decision to repeal the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) programme.
The number of such people from India, could be over 20,000, according to an estimate carried out by South Asian Americans Leading Together.

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