Bharanidaran was the News editor from 2017-2018. He was previously a news reporter for the campus politics beat, covering student government and the UCLA administration.

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Professor Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda presents to his class on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)

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His mother and brother were deported to Mexico at different times in past years, and while his mother was able to come back, Francisco Lopez-Flores said he hasn’t seen his brother in six years.

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DACA Project analyzes economic benefits of immigration policy

By Rupan Bharanidaran

Nov. 14, 2014 7:40 a.m.