![Illustration of hands reaching up to a ID card](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0c8f8b7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1080x1080+0+127/resize/1000x1000!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F17%2F69%2Fac75302d4b1886029a8c15b9b680%2Fcover.jpg)
(Julio Salgado / For De Los)
As the current administration continues to make contradictory immigration announcements, the future of the DACA program continues to be unknown.
![Every two years a group of immigrants must prove to the government that we are indeed good immigrants.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0479060/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x3600+0+0/resize/2000x2000!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F64%2F54%2F1efbf93a427bac568a63439c7342%2Fdelos11-panel1.jpg)
![We've been doing this since 2012, when Obama announced the program.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/63c8e67/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x3600+0+0/resize/2000x2000!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff9%2F55%2Ff125e3d74c3fa18633d82cae5fbe%2Fdelos11-panel2.jpg)
![Over a decade later, the future still looks grim for the program that gave temporary relief from deportations.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e9ff597/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x3600+0+0/resize/2000x2000!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdc%2Fd1%2F038d6971437e954517f589efe740%2Fdelos11-panel3.jpg)
![The program has had its share of critics and foes. In 2017, Trump ordered the termination of DACA.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/678be8b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x3600+0+0/resize/2000x2000!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F98%2Fc3%2F983ae612463d9c61aca50aa1615b%2Fdelos11-panel4-edited.jpg)
![Luis Cortes Romero, an immigrant lawyer and DACA recipient, was part of the team that defended the case.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2839dd4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x3600+0+0/resize/2000x2000!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6a%2F46%2F2d9c654d4ba38a367a5bd5519e6d%2Fdelos11-panel5.jpg)
![In another election year, feelings from DACA recipients about another Trump administration varies.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5822259/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x3600+0+0/resize/2000x2000!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4f%2F85%2Fc2ee7a134d88a76e883e98904ec6%2Fdelos11-panel6-edited.jpg)
![For people like Samantha, a paralegal in Hollister, CA neither candidate seems to be on our side.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d5171fe/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x3600+0+0/resize/2000x2000!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8e%2F6b%2Fcb0cf4784b66b51baa2bb2e4f670%2Fdelos11-panel7-edited.jpg)
![Recent contradictory immigration announcements have made it difficult to know where the administration stands regarding DACA](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/48c3b34/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x3600+0+0/resize/2000x2000!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F05%2F48%2F8cb956244b24ae7d8bf008dce517%2Fdelos11-panel8.jpg)
![A second Trump term would mean a more precise execution of his polices, says Luis.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/093b7f2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x3600+0+0/resize/2000x2000!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F33%2F87%2Ffbcdad4946188ed242b99418e152%2Fdelos11-panel9.jpg)
![Its a fine line trying to not be bleak while also being reassuring. It comes down to if you have DACA, keep renewing it.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1a3125e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x3600+0+0/resize/2000x2000!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F05%2Fec%2F03ad1fc94e509b5048f8da33f5ae%2Fdelos11-panel10.jpg)
Julio Salgado (@juliosalgado83) is a digital illustrator based in Long Beach.