...known topic is DACA, which stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Since it is a widespread topic, many media sources have covered the current actions being made to repeal DACA. Within the past year, media sources on the right and the left have written...
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...One of the major complications when dealing with the DACA programs is the fact that it is just an executive order. “We need a fix desperately, and the simplest way to get one that works is to enact DACA into law, precisely as it is.” (Epstein) By making it into a clean deal it has the best chance of succeeding as a political compromise. By allowing them to have the ability of obtaining a driver’s license, Social Security, and employment, it reduces the risk that DACA recipients will burden society. By keeping the two-year period cycle, it leaves more room for deliberation after “greater experience with a policy” (Epstein) This allows for more cooperation also, and not going into a solution too quickly that would hurt the citizens and DREAMers...
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...On Sept. 5, President Trump announced his decision to rescind the Deferred Action Against Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, an executive order created under Obama, that protects undocumented youths from deportation. “The temporary implementation of DACA by the Obama Administration, after Congress repeatedly rejected this amnesty-first approach, also helped spur a humanitarian crisis – the massive surge of unaccompanied minors from Central America including, in some cases, young people who would become members of violent gangs throughout our country, such as MS-13,” said President Donald Trump in a press release. “Only by the reliable enforcement of immigration law can we produce safe communities, a robust middle class, and economic fairness for all Americans.” Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, also called the DACA program an unconstitutional use of executive power, so over the next six-months the lives of the DACA recipients will be debated in Congress in hopes of creating immigration reform. But, by March 2018 the program will be completely phased out. This will affect 800,000 DACA (or DREAMers) across the nation, and over 240,000 in the state of Texas. These individuals were brought to the U.S. as children, and the majority are now young adults serving in the military, working and/or attending college. The University of Houston...
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...language your parents send you to school. Through the years you develop physically and mentally. You have graduated from College, with excellent grades. You have a well paying job and a happy stable family you can call your own. Your whole life you have called this country your home, so recalling your native country and language is very difficult. With the decision of the former president Donald Trump of eliminating DACA on March 5th, 2018 (Schallhorn), makes it difficult for a dreamer to see a future in a place they do not recall. Eliminating DACA on this day did not occur, but is still of the verge on seeing what will happen to all these...
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...The first part of DACA is deprioritization for removal (Bier). Deprioritization for removal places those eligible for DACA as low priority when it comes to being targeted by immigration officers. When the policy expires, Dreamers will have the same priority level of deportation as other undocumented immigrants (“What Happens if DACA Ends?”). The second part of DACA, deferred action, provides protection against arrest for Dreamers by formalizing the decision to not remove them. If an agent from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement enters a Dreamer’s name into the agency’s database, their status will appear listed as “lawfully present” (Bier). Deferred Action prevents Dreamers from being immediately deported, but will end with the expiration of DACA. The final part of DACA is employment authorization. Employment authorization allows Dreamers to have an opportunity to work in the United States legally by applying for an Employment Authorization Document (“What Happens if DACA Ends?”). According to the Trump Administration, work permits will be honored until they expire (Shoichet et al.). Ana Sanchez, a Dreamer from Elgin, Texas, shared her thoughts prior to the rescission of...
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...When President Trump rescinded DACA, he decided that your classmates can be deported. Trump made DACA recipients a political ball and tossed it to Congress’ court, but DACA was created by executive action because Congress put politics before people and failed young immigrants. Since President Obama created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals in 2012, it has benefited 787,580 young immigrants. By rescinding it, up to 983 DACA recipients would lose their protected status daily. According to the Department of Homeland Security, now officials will potentially arrest and deport any undocumented immigrant without protected status regardless of a criminal record. It's already happening, noncriminal immigrant arrests doubled in Trump's first 100 days as president....
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...Approximately 800,000 undocumented immigrants are currently under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, otherwise known as DACA. Dreamers – as they are referred to as – are given temporary work licenses and relief from deportation while being required to pay the federal income taxes. However, not every undocumented immigrant can be eligible for such benefits; there are a set of criteria that they must meet. They must’ve been here before the age of 16 and under the age of 30, have no federal offenses or a felony conviction, and must be enrolled in school or have finished their education. Furthermore, they are required to send background checks, as well as pay a fee for the application process. They aren’t fully American citizens either; they cannot vote, receive federal benefits, and are not given a path to citizenship. Despite the benefits they receive, they are often targets of stereotyping and hate as well. Some believe that they are detrimental to society, taking up space that should be prioritized to American citizens. To add onto this, the program was recently ended by the president, although a six month window was given...
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...However, I understand that either side of people arguing about this topic may be right, but my own view on this issue is that they should not end the DACA program. Sending thousands of undocumented youths back to their original country would be act of inhumanity. For example, these people lives are relying on the DACA program that has given them opportunities, such as, to work legally and attend school, etc. Ending of this program is harmful and unjust that will ruin their life. These people are the one that knows no other county because they were brought here by their parent while they were young. They grew up in U.S. as an American, so sudden deportation to the other country that they know nothing will cause them to suffer harm. Therefore,...
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...The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, is a very controversial topic today. DACA is an immigration policy that protects eligible immigrant teens/young adults who came to the United States when they were children from deportation. This policy also allows “Dreamers” to work legally and continue on with their education (Berkeley University of California). DACA was ended in September of this year by President Trump. Ending DACA will have a negative impact on hundreds of thousands of people, about 800,000 to be exact. Dreamers will lose their education and jobs, and the nation’s economy will also be affected. In the first place, DACA provides dreamers with a work permit to have many employment opportunities that were not available for them before. According to Business Insider, ending DACA will cost the jobs of about 700,000 people. These undocumented immigrants will have to work long hours and their wages will be drastically dropped. They will also have to be paid under the table because it is illegal for them to work. Many Americans believe that undocumented...
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