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Undocumented youth divided over how to fight Trump's immigration clampdown

These protests were sparked by increased immigration enforcement against the undocumented population

US President Donald Trump
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Ala Sirriyeh | The Conversation
Young immigrants from across the US participated in the first act of civil disobedience by undocumented youth under the Trump administration on July 26 in Texas. After protesters sat in the street outside the state capitol building in Austin, blocking traffic, 15 undocumented young people and their allies were arrested. They were eventually released.
These protests were sparked by increased immigration enforcement against the undocumented population since the election of Donald Trump, including his pledge to end a temporary form of relief from deportation that has been available to many undocumented youth since 2012.
The protesters pledged

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