The Trump administration has admitted for the first time that young immigrants who were brought to the US illegally as children are being turned down for federally-backed housing loans, after housing secretary Ben Carson denied it in Congressional testimony earlier this year.
"We know that DACA recipients have received these loans in the past, and it’s shameful that HUD is allowing the president’s anti-immigrant agenda to dictate housing policy,” Aguilar said. , the set of rules the agency refers lenders to, only says that an Employment Authorization Document — which DACA recipients have — is necessary “to substantiate work status” for noncitizens and qualify for the housing loans.
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