dreamers

Lin-Manuel Miranda's father, Luis Miranda, along with local and state leaders like Congressman Darren Soto, State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith and State Senator Victor Torres were all in attendance at the event.

The decision is a dramatic victory for immigration advocates and gives a new lease on life for the so-called DREAMers, immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

The clock’s ticking on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The program was started under the Obama administration to protect the children of undocumented immigrants from deportation.

Arizona's appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court failed to prevent the state from having to issue driving permits to undocumented immigrants brought into the country as children.