As Donald Trump prepares for his presidential transition, the future of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, remains uncertain given the president-elect's stance against the program during his first term in office."There's a lot of fear. We are getting a lot of calls from DACA clients," said immigration attorney Hugo Vera.Leer en español.Since Trump's first term, the program has been caught up in court challenges. Now, many fear what could happen during a second term as the president-elect has promised mass deportations."We're getting a ton of calls from our current DACA clients, who want to make sure they renew, so they're on board with renewing. And they're also very fearful about what the future holds. They've heard a lot of negative things about what might happen to the DACA program. They're very reliant on that employment authorization, on that feeling of security, of being able to stay with their families," Vera said.The immigration attorney tells KCRA that while some people are trying to renew before the president-elect takes office, others are considering not renewing at all due to concerns about their personal information being in the hands of the federal government."They wonder, 'am I going to lose the money if I renew? Is the immigration service going to have my information now and then come after me?' They're all valid fears. But I don't think it's a good idea to not renew, because, first of all, you're going to lose the benefit that's available to you now, and the immigration service already has their information. I think the best advice is to renew and to be confident that some attorneys and organizations will defend the rights of immigrants, especially here in California," Vera said.DACA protects 535,030 people in the country from deportation, with most living in California.One of those beneficiaries is 37-year-old Christian Hernández Carrillo, who has managed to land a job that is helping set his future."Before, I did work, but it wasn't the best pay, and luckily, now I can work, and it pays pretty well. I got a 401(K). I like that, so I could just retire and live off that," Hernández told KCRA.Hernández was brought from Nayarit, México, at 8 years old by his parents, and while the last 19 years have been a struggle due to a car accident that left him disabled, his greatest fear would be returning to his home country due to the violence."All the cartels and everything going on. I don't want to go back to that," Hernández said.The Sacramento County resident adds that ending the program would not only impact him but also his mixed-status family.It's unclear what the president-elect plans to do with the DACA program and how those with the permit will be impacted.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter