IMMIGRANTS EMBRACE ACTIVISM AWAITING WORD ON DACA’S FUTURE

By Anita Snow
The Daily Interlake

PHOENIX (AP) — Tony Valdovinos didn’t know he was in the U.S. illegally until he tried to join the Marine Corps at 18 and learned he was born in Mexico.

Valdovinos, now 29, channeled disappointment into activism, knocking on doors in Latino neighborhoods and registering people to vote, though he can’t cast a ballot himself. He also enrolled in the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that allows immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to work and protects them from deportation. He now runs a firm helping elect Arizona candidates.

“This is the greatest nation in the world,” said Valdovinos. “I feel a responsibility to serve this country.”

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