7 Percent of U.S. Children Live with at Least One Undocumented Parent

An estimate 7 percent of all U.S. children live with at least one parent who is here illegally, although 79 percent of them have obtained citizenship themselves. So, in talking about DACA, we are talking about changing the policy for a very significant portion of our childhood population. After the 1.8 million are given citizenship, as Trump is proposing, what becomes of these children in the future when they arrive here with undocumented immigrants? Will they from hereon be deported? I have no problem with them staying, and see Trump's policy as being detrimental to families. Many of these children, while they have one parent who is undocumented, have a second parent here legally. With Trump's policies, you divide the family, sending the children back to an environment they didn't grow up in, and, in some cases, to an environment that puts them at risk. Why? What is the need with deporting these children?