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Bernardo Castro: I grew up a Dreamer. I did everything right, but I still live in fear of being deported.

The House has passed the Dream and Promise Act. Now it is up to the Senate.

(Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune) Alexander Pierre and Jaime Scatena hang portraits of Inside Out/Dreamers Project participants on the Salt Lake City Public Library Tuesday, November 21, 2017. The Inside Out Project is a global participatory art project that gives everyone the opportunity to share their portrait and express what they stand for. In Utah, the future of more than 10,500 DACA recipients is being threatened by President TrumpÕs decision to end the popular and successful DACA program. The Center for American Progress estimates that Utah has 19,000 Dream Act-eligible individuals in the workforce and would see annual state GDP gains of $206 million from passage of the Dream Act.

(Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune) Alexander Pierre and Jaime Scatena hang portraits of Inside Out/Dreamers Project participants on the Salt Lake City Public Library Tuesday, November 21, 2017. The Inside Out Project is a global participatory art project that gives everyone the opportunity to share their portrait and express what they stand for. In Utah, the future of more than 10,500 DACA recipients is being threatened by President TrumpÕs decision to end the popular and successful DACA program. The Center for American Progress estimates that Utah has 19,000 Dream Act-eligible individuals in the workforce and would see annual state GDP gains of $206 million from passage of the Dream Act.

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By Bernardo Castro | Special to The Tribune