In the Washington, DC, area, there are at least a dozen anecdotal examples of DACA recipients, who were brought to the country as children, either recently marrying their US citizen partners or considering marriage sooner than expected. Freddy Cribas, 24, and Jon Freeman, 23, said they knew within six months of meeting each other in 2009 that they would spend the rest of their lives together. Cribas, who is from Honduras, said they used to talk about future plans: "We're going to have this many kids, or this many cats and pets. ... And I always thought I would be the one to ask him." In early 2016, Freeman said he saw the "writing on the wall" during the presidential campaign and heard rhetoric from then-candidate Donald Trump regarding immigrants.

Source: CNN January 12, 2018 19:30 UTC