NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For Alexa Maqueo-Toledo, who traveled with her mom to a small town in Tennessee from Mexico when she just a toddler, sitting back while the Supreme Court is poised to determine her future wasn't an option.
The 19-year-old recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is one of the 8,000 young people currently enrolled in Tennessee.
And on Tuesday, she'll join fellow DACA recipients and supporters in Washington D.C. as the nation's highest court listens to oral arguments on the Trump administration's plan to end the legal protections the program offers to her and roughly 700,000 people.
Often called "Dreamers," the program applies to people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children or came with families that overstayed visas.
