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 …show more content…
So far, there is no direct correlation with DACA and education. DACA students are still able to go to college but there are many barriers that make it difficult for them. One of them is that they may find little or no motivation to graduate if they won’t be able to get a job in the field unless they somehow become legal. Also, it will be very difficult for them to pay for college because they won’t be allowed to have jobs and many states don’t allow undocumented students to receive in-state tuition (Malik). In the same fashion, they won’t be allowed to receive any kind of federal financial aid. A lot of dreamers want to become doctors, nurses, teachers, military etc. to help others or to contribute to the community. Taking away this opportunity from dreamers will not only be a big loss for them but also for the