Mississippi sheriff’s deputy and DACA recipient speaks out: 'This is the American Dream'

Edgar Vasquez Silva is a sheriff’s deputy with a thick Southern accent and an American dream that’s been years in the making. But he isn’t a U.S. citizen, not yet.

"I’m Edgar Vasquez Silva. I’m a deputy for Stone County Sheriff’s Office," Silva said, speaking proudly of his service to the Wiggins, Mississippi, law enforcement agency in a recent interview with Fox News Digital.

As a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient – an Obama-era policy that aimed to provide amnesty...