Quote of the Day 8/19/2014

“Ever since DACA I’ve been able to do a lot of the things that I wanted to do. I volunteer at the YMCA as a soccer coach. I volunteer with the Make-A-Wish Foundation as well. I’m a wish-granter there. What’s next? I hope I don’t get deported.”

-28-year-old Angelica Villa Lobos, whose father brought her to the United States when she was 10. She is one of about 4,500 Oklahomans who have been protected from deportation by President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (Source: http://bit.ly/1BxhJS1)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gene Perry worked for OK Policy from 2011 to 2019. He is a native Oklahoman and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in history and an M.A. in journalism.

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