>> DeMarco: WELCOME BACK
EVERYONE TO "GMA3", AND OBAMA
POLICY TO PROTECT IMMIGRANTS
KNOWN AS DACA IS BEING WEIGHED
ON BY FEDERAL JUDGE.
>> Eva: NOW ARE A NUMBER OF
DACA RECIPIENTS, DUE TO
UNCERTAINTY THEY ARE LOOKING TO
LEAVE THE COUNTRY ON THEIR OWN
TERMS.
ABC NEWS SENIOR WASHINGTON
REPORTER JOINS US WITH MORE,
GOOD AFTERNOON, DEVON.
>> Reporter: HEY, GUYS, 7,000
DACA RECIPIENTS IN THIS COUNTRY,
MANY BROUGHT AS THEIR PARENTS AS
CHILDREN, AND GROWN UP ENTIRELY
AS AMERICANS, BUT SO MAKING THE
GUT WRENCHING DECISION TO GIVE
UP ON THEIR AMERICAN DREAM.
>> IS YOUR WHOLE LIFE IN THIS
ROOM?
>> NOT ALL OF IT, BUT A LOT OF
IT.
>> Reporter: McGILL HAS BEEN
LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM,
COLLEGE GRADUATE AND SON OF THEM
IN INDIAN IMMIGRANTS HAS STUDIED
AMERICAN HISTORY.
>> AND LBJ AS YOUR GUIDE?
>> YES, AS A TEXAN.
>> Reporter: 'S PARENTS
BROUGHT THEM TO THE U.S. AS A
TODDLER SEEKING ASYLUM.
>> I LOVE LEARNING ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT AND THE DIFFERENT
STATES.
>> Reporter: BUT THE FAMILY
NEVER GOT GREEN CARDS FOR
PERMANENT RESIDENCY.
AND MIGUEL NOW 23 IS AMONG A
GROWING NUMBER OF SO-CALLED
DREAMERS WHO ARE PLANNING TO
SELF DEPORT FROM AMERICA.
>> I'M DONE DREAMING, I WANT A
REAL LIFE.
>> Reporter: WHAT IS YOUR
DREAM?
>> STABILITY.
>> Reporter: DACA WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE DUMPED TEMPORARY, BUT MY
GOLF HAS BECOME DEPENDENT ON THE
PROGRAM AS IT'S GRIDLOCKED FOR A
MORE CONSERVED SOLUTION.
NOW SEEKING TO STRIKE DOWN DACA
COULD BE COMING TO A HEAD.
IT'S BE APPEALS COURT SAID THAT
THE WHOLE THING HAS GOT TO GO.
>> IMMEDIATELY WHEN I SAW THAT
NEWS AND STARTED DOING THE MATH,
IF I RENEW BY THE STATE.
AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW IT, YOU
CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS.
THIS IS CRAZY.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT HE
PLANS TO LEAVE ALL THAT STRESS
BEHIND WHEN HE CALLS AN ACT OF
TAKING BACK CONTROL OF HIS LIFE
BY MOVING TO CANADA.
>> IT'S A DEVELOPED COUNTRY,
IT'S A GLOBAL POWER.
SO NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING
BACK TO SQUARE ONE.
BUT IT IS STILL DISHEARTENING
THAT IT DID NOT WORK OUT IN
AMERICA.
>> Reporter: A FORMER DACA
PERCEPT ATTEND TO IT IS
SUPPORTING THEM THROUGH THE
PROCESS.
>> I LEFT THE UNITED STATES IN
2020.
>> Reporter: SHEET THROUGH A
SELF DEPORTATION PARTY WITH
FRIENDS, COFOUNDING A NETWORK OF
DISILLUSIONED AMERICAN DREAMERS
KNOWN AS "ONWARD."
SHE SAYS HUNDREDS HAVE JOINED
AND THAT SELF DEPORTATION BY
DACA RECIPIENTS IS ON THE RISE.
I >> A LOT OF TALENT GOING
OVERSEAS.
>> BRAIN DRAIN.
>> Reporter: AT THE RECIPIENT
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA A ASPIRING
SOCIAL WORKER, MOVED TO GERMANY
HAD 23 LEAVING THE U.S. AT A
TIME WHEN SOCIAL WORKERS ARE IN
SHORT SUPPLY.
>> I DO NOT HAVE ANY REGRETS
ABOUT SELF SUPPORTING.
I'M NO LONGER ILLEGAL.
REPORT BACK NOW BROUGHT TO THE
STATES FROM MEXICO IN THREE
YEARS OLD GROWING UP AS AN
AMERICAN KID IN CALIFORNIA AND
NORTH CAROLINA FOR 21 YEARS.
>> THE STATES IS BASICALLY A
GOLDEN CAGE COMING UP ALL OF
THIS OPPORTUNITY IS THAT YOU
CAN'T REALLY GO ANYWHERE PAST A
CERTAIN POINT.
>> Reporter: A TEACHER AND
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, SELF
DEPORTING TO MEXICO IN 2018
WHERE SHE STARTED A VIDEO BLOG
AND SHE TALKS ABOUT BEING
SEPARATED FROM HER FAMILY STILL
IN THE STATES.
>> Reporter: I COULD NOT GIVE
MY A HUG.
IT'S PROOF THAT LIFE OUTSIDE THE
AMERICAN BORDERS CAN GIVE THEM
FREEDOM THEY HAVE NEVER FOUND
HERE.
HE IS UPBEAT ABOUT ENROLLING IN
A CANADIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL, BUT
AS HE TOOK ME ON A DRIVE THROUGH
HIS BELOVED NEIGHBORHOOD, THE
DECISION WEIGHED HEAVY, TOO
OVERWHELMING TO ACCEPT.
[CRYING]
>> I CAN'T COMMENT ABOUT THIS.
>> Reporter: WITH HIS FAMILY
SUPPORT AND DESPITE WAVES OF
GRIEF OR WHAT WILL BE LOST,
MIGUEL SAYS HE HAS NO REGRETS.
>> BEING ABLE TO LIVE LIFE ON MY
TERMS AND NOT WHAT CONGRESS OR A
JUDGE OR LAWYER IS FAR FARAWAY
DECIDE IS INCREDIBLY EMPOWERING
FOR ME.
>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU WANT
PEOPLE TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS
CONVERSATION?
>> WE LOVE THIS COUNTRY AND WE
JUST WANT A CHANCE TO SUCCEED.
>> Reporter: CONGRESS HAS
FAILED TO ENACT A PATH TO
PERMANENT RESIDENCY, SAD BUT
INSPIRING.
>> Eva: AND MENTIONING ONE OF
THE LEGAL CHALLENGES TO DACA
THAT'S ONE REASON HE WILL LEAVE,
WHERE DOES THAT STAND?
IS IT LIKELY TO BE STRUCK DOWN?
>> Reporter: ALL OF THE LEGAL
EXPERTS SAY IT'S NOT IF, BUT
WHEN IT WILL GET STRUCK DOWN,
THE TEXAS JUDGE AS HE MENTIONED
PREVIOUSLY RULED AGAINST THE
PROGRAM, SO THIS CASE IS LIKELY
DESTINED FOR THE SUPREME COURT
SOMETIME NEXT YEAR,