...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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...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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...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 who are now here illegally for the 1.8 million DACA eligible immigrants. Pew research center’s main research findings for DACA recipients are that of Current DACA recipients come from around the world, but more than nine-in-ten were born in Latin America.Mexico is by far the top country of origin for active DACA recipients (548,000), followed by El Salvador (25,900), Guatemala (17,700) and Honduras (16,100). A significant number of DACA recipients also hail from Peru (7,420), South Korea (7,310), Brazil (5,780), Ecuador (5,460), Colombia (5,020) and Argentina (3,970). Three-quarters of DACA recipients...
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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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...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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...What is the Dreamers program, also sometimes referred as the DACA program? DACA is the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, giving protection to 800,000 young immigrants to have an opportunity to live in the US and receive a social security number (Bennet and Tanfani, 2017). Recently, Trump, with the help of U.S. Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, announced to end the DACA program, he “speaks of ‘love for these people’ and, with little guidance, gives Congress a deadline to help them” (Bennett and Tanfani, 2017). Taking away a major program granting undocumented people the ability to live a life without the fear of deportation is causing a major uproar in the U.S. with Dreamers, families and major companies. DACA gave people to an...
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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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...Undocumented and DACA(Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) students face challenges that are unreasonable, students that have a DACA status and undocumented students should act against these challenges that are standing in the way of them furthering their education and bettering their lives. Summary of Opposing Views DACA and Undocumented students have been facing the United States immigration laws as they attempt to further their education here in the United States attending postsecondary institutions. Some argue that the DACA program protects over 800,000 undocumented immigrants, so that they can better their lives in the United States, while others think that DACA is allowing the immigrants to have the chance of not working for anything and still live good lives, attend postsecondary institutions, and acquire nice jobs while living in the U.S. while some people that are actual citizens can’t even find a job and they were born citizens of the United States.Immigrants have been finding their way into the United States every since the slavery era, although the government is trying to reduce the amount of immigrants entering the U.S. every year, the DACA program is giving more immigrants the opportunity to come...
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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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...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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...Alien Minors Act, also known as The DREAM Act was enacted (Congress, 2001). Based on this enactment, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was created. This production was established to give children that, are living in the United States without legal status. These children although, living in the U.S. are not considered legal citizens because, they were not born in The United States, but brought by, parents or guardian. Section three of, the Congressional Record of the 107th Congress: “The Dream Act, allows children to obtain a college degree...
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...Immigration and Immigrants A Pathway to Permanency Immigration and Immigrants: A Pathway to Permanency American culture has been shaped by immigrants from all around the world dating back to the founding of this country. Since the beginning, people have migrated to the United States for relief and opportunity. The United States is currently experiencing a new wave of immigration; namely Latinos. Many of whom are migrating to escape the dangers of their homeland. Others are migrating to move beyond the political chaos and economic deprivation of their countries in hopes of having an opportunity at the American Dream and all of its promises. It can be agreed that immigrants come to the United States for the betterment of themselves and their families. However, their dreams are often shattered by the obstacles of gaining residency and citizenship no matter the length of the time they have resided in the United States. While immigrants are the foundation of our nation, immigration regulations were put into place in the 1700’s and has undergone changes throughout the years. Over the past several decades, there has been an emphasis on immigrants’ impact on our economy. In our current state combined with the vast amount of illegal immigrants entering and residing in the United States, immigration and immigrants are significant to America’s success. Our country’s international stature is dependent upon the advancements we make to enhance the lives of our young immigrant population;...
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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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...Nearly 800,000 out of 12 million undocumented immigrants came to the USA as a child. These kids don’t have a legal document to stay in the USA. A program called the deferred action for childhood arrival which is DACA was then established in the presidency of Barack Obama. These 800,000-young people were granted a temporary protection from deportation and allowed to work and live under this program. These young talented undocumented students deserve a secondary education since, they did not choose to come to the US illegally and, they will also help to boost the economy of this country. This new policy that is called ‘DACA’ will benefit thousands of undocumented students living here in the United States that were brought...
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