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Mexican Immigrant Fights for DACA as Court Ruling Nears

Associated Press

   NEW YORK - A Mexican immigrant fighting President Donald Trump's
   attempt to end a program shielding young immigrants from deportation
   says he is nervous about the case finally being heard by the U.S.
   Supreme Court.
   Martin Batalla Vidal is a lead plaintiff in one of the cases to
   preserve the Obama-era program Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,
   known as DACA, and has seen his name splashed in legal documents since
   2016, when he first sued in New York.

   The 29-year-old certified nursing assistant at a rehabilitation clinic
   for traumatic brain injury in Queens, New York, has described the legal
   journey since then as stressful, with people sending him hateful
   messages. He has had to sacrifice days at work so he could go to
   protests, press conferences and meetings with attorneys.
   Even with his worries, Batalla Vidal is hopeful immigrants like him
   will be able to stay in the country.
   "I don't know what is going to happen,"said Batalla Vidal, who lives
   with his mother, two brothers and a dog in an apartment at the border
   of Queens and Brooklyn. "Whatever the outcome is, we know that we have
   fought hard for it and we will continue fighting. I am trying to be
   positive."

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