The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program^ created by President Obama to help young people brought by their relatives to the United States without legal authorization to stay^ has had a significant^ positive impact on the educational attainment of those students^ especially female students^ according to a new paper. The program -- killed by the Trump administration -- led to a 15 percent increase in the high school graduation rates of these students. In addition^ women in the program saw a 25 percent increase in college attendance.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/04/03/study-daca-led-more-go-college