The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program provides qualifying undocumented immigrant youth with significant benefits. These benefits exist in a state of tension because they are temporary, making the status of DACA recipients precarious. In this article we draw on survey and interview data collected with DACA recipients in Colorado, along with community stakeholder interviews and observations to examine the liminally legal experience of recipients, both before and after Donald Trump’s announced intention to terminate the program. Focusing on their experiences of precarity across educational, economic, and emotional spheres, we document the negative and lasting consequences that the loss of DACA status would have for them. Given the rapidly shifting legal context of the DACA program, we argue that liminal legality varies in intensity based on political context and place. While undocumented young adults are acutely aware of the uncertainty of this moment, we also show how they are demonstrating resilience in the face of increasingly harmful immigration policies. The liminal legality of DACA status, which has worsened in the recent political context, underscores the urgent need for a permanent legislative solution.

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加强阈限合法性：撤销 DACA 对科罗拉多州无证青年的影响

儿童入境暂缓遣返 (DACA) 计划为符合条件的无证移民青年提供显着福利。这些福利处于紧张状态，因为它们是暂时的，使 DACA 接受者的地位岌岌可危。在本文中，我们利用与科罗拉多州 DACA 接受者收集的调查和访谈数据，以及社区利益相关者的访谈和观察来检查接受者在唐纳德特朗普宣布终止该计划之前和之后的最低限度的法律经验。着眼于他们在教育、经济和情感领域的不稳定经历，我们记录了失去 DACA 身份将对他们产生的负面和持久的后果。鉴于 DACA 计划的快速变化的法律背景，我们认为，阈值合法性的强度因政治背景和地点而异。虽然无证年轻人敏锐地意识到这一刻的不确定性，但我们也展示了他们在面对日益有害的移民政策时如何表现出韧性。DACA 地位的合法性在最近的政治背景下有所恶化，这凸显了迫切需要一个永久性的立法解决方案。