...They desired to give young immigrants a fair chance to education, work, and, most importantly, the American Dream. As a result, Obama proposed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a legislation that would allow minors without legal immigration status to apply for deferred action (“Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals”). According to the department of homeland security, this program would allow them to attend school, apply for a work permit, work towards a driver’s license, and other opportunities. However, this chance to a new life was stripped away by President Trump, who announced the termination of the program in September of 2017. President Trump justified his decision by arguing “that those in the country illegally are lawbreakers who hurt native-born Americans by usurping their jobs and pushing down wages” (Shear and Davis). Contrary to the President’s beliefs, DACA is a program that provides minors with hope and opportunity, and should not be terminated....
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...I was born in Mexico and raised in the United States. At the age of fifteen, I was eligible to apply for a program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). What DACA is, is it allows people to obtain a social security number to go to college and to get a job. Recently, administrative action has been taken and this program has been rescinded. I am in the 800,000 that has been affected by this decision. Many people who have DACA cannot reapply if it expires after a certain date. I got lucky because I still get the chance to renew my DACA. Getting into a college is very important to me. I will be the first one in my family to go to college. Being able to get into Georgia State University would be an honor. GSU offers a film program....
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...The Deferred Action Program for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is and will always be constitutional. However, the DACA program has been an unqualified success over recent month and years. DACA is a federal government program created in 2012 under Barack Obama to allow people brought to the US illegally as children the temporary right to live, study, and work in America (theguardian.com). Since its creation five years ago, it has allowed nearly 800,000 young men and women who came to this country as children — or Dreamers — to attend school, support their families, buy homes, begin careers, contribute to their communities, and pursue their dreams (aclu.org). The issue of immigration and how it relates to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is a diverse topic in today’s society that not too many people are very fond about. Many immigrants that reside in the United States are just looking for a better lifestyle for themselves and for their kids’ future as well. Therefore, it would unconstitutional to send back these immigrants that came looking for a better future, to be deported. It would be morally incorrect for the Trump administration to do so. Moreover, President Donald Trump anticipated on ending DACA...
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...has generally ‘lost the plot’. Slavishly following its false gods and idols makes no sense in a spiritually aware life.” by Anthon St. Maarten. Misinformation is false or inaccurate information, especially when it is deliberately intended to deceive. An example of a well 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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...Public Policy: Immigration The reforms that President Obama are trying to properly execute throughout the states is changing life for immigrants today. Obama recently gave two Executive Orders, the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and DAPA (Deferred Action for Parents for Americans), which are helping families resist separation. The big question on Obama’s immigration Executive Orders are if they are within the President’s power. It is Congress’s job to made the laws and the president’s to executive them, but with the creation of DAPA and DACA, many think that Obama is overstepping his authority. One big reason why President Obama felt the need to create his Executive Order is because of the what happened in 2013 when the Senate first created a bill addressing immigration. The bill was created by the Gang of Eight, which were composed of four Democrats and four Republicans, which was lead by Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer. They passed a bill with a vote of 68-32. The bill “promises to overhaul immigration laws for the first time since 1986…” (Silverleib). The 1,200 page document would change four things, the first is that it creates a new 13-year pathway for citizenship for a majority of the undocumented immigrants. It would also raise the cap on visas for highly skilled workers, while also creating a new visa program for lowly skilled workers who would be working on America’s farms. The issue that House of Representatives were most concerned with was border security...
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...notorious for mistreating them time and time again. Immigrants, especially those who are undocumented, face prejudice and discrimination. More recently, their legal rights have been compromised. Young undocumented immigrants seeking protection from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy will begin to lose most of their rights due to the repealment of the program. Furthermore, the state of the country altogether will be compromised and have rippling negative results. The reluctance of the United States government to replace the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy,...
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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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...The White House’s Stance on Deportation of Illegal Immigrants In the New York Times article, “In the White House, debating how far to go in easing deportations,” authors Shear and Parker (2014) claim legislation is not moving as fast as it should on Capitol Hill. They state Republicans are stalling on the proposed changes to immigration laws causing the President to halt deportations (para. 7). The authors comment that if the President should take further action damage could occur with any future negotiations with Republicans. According to the writers, a number of people on Capitol Hill implied the Republicans could go as far as proposing impeachment of the President on the grounds of bending laws (para. 8). There are eleven million illegal immigrants in the United States and, recently, the President has exercised his power in changing laws causing a delay in deportations (para. 5) Shear and Parker (2014) states he has instructed the Department of Homeland Security to be more humane in their deportation process (para. 2). They report that one way the Department of Homeland Security is acting humane is by moving illegal families to the bottom of the list for deportation especially if a family member has the status of United States citizenship (para. 4). During a recent meeting, President Obama addressed a group of immigration activists stating he could not completely stop deportation of illegal immigrants without Congress’ approval (para. 1). Shear and Parker (2014) suggested...
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...All individuals deserve to be given the chance to permanently settle in the United States of America without having to worry about their immigration status. In 2012, Barack Obama passed a policy named DACA standing for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals after many years of being declined by other presidents. “The policy permits individuals who were brought in the United States as children to receive a valid work permit and a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation” (Amuedo-Dorantes and Antman 339). However, this policy contains requirements such as children must have arrived in the U.S before 2007, ages range from fifteen to thirty-one and no criminal record. Several individuals were given the opportunity to continue...
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...Hillary Clinton is in favor of immigration reforms that would make it much easier for immigrants to enter the country. She proposes to continue what is being done now with DREAMers, DACA and DAPA. If the DREAM Act had been passed, in some instances children who were illegally brought into the country and went to an American school could be given legal status. The act was not passed. DREAMers are the children who would qualify, but have not been given to a legal status. Clinton will pass the DREAM Act if she is elected. (1)DACA stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. This means that if an illegal immigrant came to the country as a child and apply to the guidelines they can ask for deferred action. Deferred action means that they are applying for their removal or...
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...Immigration is one of the most highly talked about topics especially this election year. Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, vows to help undocumented immigrants while Donald Trump thinks that deporting these people would make America great again. Meanwhile, the Obama Administration has been pushing executive actions, DACA (deferred action for childhood arrivals) and DAPA (deferred actions for parents of Americans and lawful permanent residents) that would supposedly help undocumented immigrants to stay in the United States. These programs could help them find ways on how to stay here legally. In spite of these pleas, four million immigrants are still facing deportation any time soon because DACA and DAPA have been immobilized. Clearly, these actions are not enough to secure the rights of undocumented people especially those who were brought here by their parents when they were young....
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...For example, immigrants can get paid as low as $7.00 an hour, and there education isn’t all that great because immigrants start working at a young age instead of school to help their families out. So when immigrant kids try to go to school and try to have a successful future, you have trump who is getting rid of Daca. Daca stands for “Deferred action for Childhood Arrivals” and what it does is “American immigration policy that allowed some individuals who entered the country as minors, and had either entered or remained in the country illegally, to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and to be eligible for a work permit.” According to Wikipedia, “As of 2017, approximately 800,000 individuals—referred to as Dreamers after the DREAM Act bill—were enrolled in the program created by DACA. The policy was established by the Obama administration in June 2012 and rescinded by the Trump administration in September 2017.” The dream act, aka daca, was a big help for the education purposes of immigrant kids. Immigrant kids aren’t at fault for their parents actions so therefore they shouldn’t be punished for...
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...Exploitation Act of 2017, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017, Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Act of 2017, No State Resources for Immigration Enforcement (NSRIE) Act, American LAWS Act, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Authorization Act, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Authorization Act, Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act, PROTECT Immigration Act of 2017 and many many more immigration bills. More info at Congress.gov / immigration bills search One of the most recent big policy changes for immigration was on September 5th 2017 when President Donald Trump ended the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals Act, also known as DACA or by their nickname the “DREAMers”. Approximately 800,000 young unauthorized immigrants have received work permits and protection from deportation through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, since its creation five years ago by Former President Barack Obama in 2012. Nearly 690,000 of these immigrants are currently enrolled in the program as of September 4th 2017, according to new data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. This program completely ended on March 5th 2018. This was the deadline Congress had for coming up with an immigration reform legislation that included DACA policy reform. The outline plan for this legislation was that of a proposal for $25 billion to fund a wall along the Mexican border and a path to citizenship for those brought to the country as children...
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...Hello to all senators and representatives, I’d like to start this meeting by making a point about the children and young adults stuck in the bureaucratical limbo that is the “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” or more commonly known as DACA. I am involved in that program myself so I can speak first hand from my own experience. I am a high school senior and like most I have plans to go to college, but unlike my pears who fear college life and socio problems I fear another problem, my legality and security. Every qualifying DACA recipient had to come here when they were children, I myself came here when I was five. For all practical purposes I feel like an American citizen hence I do not think these children should be punished for the actions...
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...Many undocumented people had received the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects people from deportation and grants them a working permit. The applicants had to pay a fee and trust the government with all their contact information. President Trump has currently ended the program leaving thousands of people with questions and not knowing who to trust. A lot of them live in fear because they are now eligible for deportation. Immigration officials said they did not intend to target the young immigrants for deportation, but now that the program has ended they are now consider subject to removal from the United States and would no longer be able to work legally. The article describes president Trump and Attorney General Jeff...
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