Not only is Utahn RaChelle Hubsmith a master baker, she’s a master at TV baking competitions. Over the last decade, she has applied to be on nearly 30 cooking competitions. Currently, Hubsmith is one of six subjects in Food Network’s new docuseries “Bake It ’Til You Make It.”

'There is no legal way to do this': Utah DACA recipient on a pathway to citizenship

Venecia Salazar and other Dreamers have been fighting for a clear path to citizenship for years. Earlier this year, however, a U.S. appeals court ruled against the DACA program leaving many people who were brought to the U.S. as children in limbo.

By the numbers:

• There are about 3.6 million people living in the U.S. who were brought here illegally as children, these people are known as “Dreamers.”
• DACA — the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — provides about 8,000 Utahns with temporary protections but doesn’t offer legal status.
• Last week, Salazar and about 300 other Dreamers traveled to Washington D.C. to rally and lobby Congress for a path to citizenship.

Read the story at KSL here.

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