CHICAGO (AP) — The fate of about 100 immigrant medical students enrolled in a U.S. program protecting them from deportation is in limbo.
Whether they can continue medical training depends on whether Congress finds an alternative to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program that President Donald Trump phased out last month.
Among the students is Alejandra Duran Arreola.
She dreams of becoming an OB-GYN in her home state of Georgia, where there's a high maternal mortality rate. She's a sec ond-year medical student at Loyola University.
The Chicago-area school has the largest number of DACA medical students nationwide.
The students have been meeting with lawmakers to try to shape the debate. They have the backing of influential medical groups who say the students could help solve a national doctor shortage.
- Posted October 23, 2017
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Medical students in limbo as immigrant program ends
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