Katja Guerrero
Honors English 10
Period 2
3 May 2018
DACA: Helping Dreamers Help the United States In the United States, there are hundreds of thousands of people whose safety in this nation is in jeopardy. The recipients of DACA, a deportation protection program, rely on its benefits to remain in the US. Not only does DACA keep many people safe, but it provides a variety of benefits outside of simply being protected from deportation. The impacts of DACA on society, the economy, and health vastly outweigh the possible negatives it has on the United States. To fully grasp the concept of its benefits, one must understand: What is DACA? DACA stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and is a three year security from deportation. The program was set in motion in 2012 by President Barack Obama when he signed it on as an executive order. DACA allows undocumented workers, known as Dreamers, to work towards achieving a
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With the credentials that they obtain from university, the recipients of the program are worlds ahead of where they would have been without DACA. In the same study by the Center for American Progress, it was determined that DACA moved 50,000 to 75,000 unauthorized immigrants into employment and thus improved their income. The respondents of the survey reported that sixty-nine percent of them had moved to a job with better pay, and fifty-four percent of them had gone to a job better fit for their education. Overall, with DACA, ninety-one percent of the respondents in the survey that had received DACA were in a position of employment (Giovanni 1). Due to the fact that the income of the DACA recipients was increased because of employment opportunities, the Dreamers are able to purchase homes. The employment opportunities provided for Dreamers through DACA are able to benefit them in a way that allows for national
Besides deferring deportation, DACA provides the holders or “Dreamers” to work and study the United States legally. Those who are eligible for DACA, are not able to take any federal funds, in contrast, they are obligated to pay taxes and provide the United States with their services through profit. Since Donald Trump has shown to be very Anti-immigrant, his decision to end DACA is purely based on his political and personal values, leading to believe he will not approve anything that improves the conditions of immigrants like Bill 3923, regardless of its costs or profits for the United States.
Should DACA be abolished? INTRODUCTION What is DACA? Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals act is a form of relief from deportation for children brought to the United states unlawfully. The DACA act was introduced by the last president, Barack Obama.
The Deferred Action for Childhood arrivals (DACA) protects eligible young immigrants who came to the United States as children from deportation. It grants young undocumented immigrants a work permit and protection from deportation. Although there has been controversy about keeping this policy, the people protected under DACA contribute to society and American economy, also keeping DACA is about keeping a promise, and it is constitutional. It exists for the good policy for the nation, its citizens, and those children that DACA supports.
What is the DACA? Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals was an American movement arrangement that permitted a few people who entered the nation as minors, and had either entered or stayed in the nation illicitly, to get a sustainable two-year time of conceded activity from expelling and to be qualified for a work allow.
DACA does help it's recipients acquire a work permit, Social Security number, State ID, open a bank account and apply for scholarships. But what about the 12 million undocumented immigrants that are not fortunate enough to qualify for the program. These immigrants have no work permit forcing them to undergo poor working conditions, below minimum wage salaries, no benefits, and long exhausting hours to support their families. They have to work harder because the price of losing their jobs is higher. Not to mention that illegal immigrants paid $13 billion in just payroll taxes for benefits they can't receive (Welfare, Food Stamps, etc.) as well as sales and property taxes they pay whenever they purchase clothing, gas, or rent for their
Ending the DACA program means sending many youths back to already impoverished and violent countries where they will likely end up on the streets. While this does not create an immediate effect on American society, removing many people from the country who were positive contributors to the country’s economy does. Current enrollees in the DACA program have jobs and pay utilities; therefore, they are all paying taxes and contributing to the stimulation of the economy. If the government decides to end the DACA program, this contribution to the United States economy will be lost. According to a peer-reviewed journal by David West, vice president of governance studies and director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution, “immigrants paid $162 billion in federal, state, and local taxes… the average immigrant pays nearly $1,800 more in taxes than he or she costs in benefits” (429).
With Americans being so lazy, tedious jobs that require the minimum pay are usually people from other countries. Many immigrants take on jobs such as cooks, house cleaners, landscapers, and summer jobs like working on the boardwalk or a water park. Most immigrants will work a ridiculous amount of hours that Americans aren't willing to undergo. Although those jobs are taken now, if those spots were available and needed to be replaced, there would be less poverty and more jobs located in low income areas. Without DACA these people would resort to joining organized crime groups or committing crimes.Immigrants will have an honest way of income and living, which would benefit not only them but keeping the surrounding areas
If the DACA program is eliminated it would cost America nearly half a trillion dollars in GDP loss. Dreamers are the source to improve our economy they pay taxes and are able to give back to the
DACA is the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals was an 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.They are eligible for a work, and schooling, they also have to pay taxes. Trump and State Attorneys General’s want to end DACA . There reasoning for wanting to end DACA is that it is a “amnesty for lawbreakers” (A Dream 5). To even be eligible for DACA you have to be in the US before the age 16 and you have to have lived in the US since June 15, 2007. I believe DACA should stay because it helps students get an education
In the United States, many families are currently being affected by the Dream Act’s failure to pass. The Dream Act would have given many undocumented children the ability to have a pathway to citizenship. The Dream Act believed in the importance of social support within the family by supporting family unification. However, due to its failure to pass, millions of undocumented children are now at risk of being deported and having their families divided. Although the U.S. government created a new policy known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), it is not providing immigrants with the same opportunity. DACA instead give undocumented people the opportunity to not be deported for a maximum of three years, but will never become a pathway to permanent citizenship. The Dream Act and DACA ultimately affects the physiological, emotional, and mental health of the immigrants who reside within the U.S.
On June 15, 2012, President Obama signed into law Deferred Action Arrivals (DACA) this new policy will allow undocumented youth who have been in the United States before January 1, 2010 to stay in the United States for a renewable two year period and avoid deportation (“Consideration of Deferred Action,”2015). Recipients who are eligible for DACA will be able to receive a work authorization, this policy does not provide a pathway to citizenship. According to an article “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” (DACA): Funding Opportunities for Philanthropy’ published by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, stated six purposes of DACA are:
You may be thinking, With all of these members and participants of DACA, does it have many positives? To answer that question, yes, there are some negatives as well. Some positives are you get relief from removal and work authorization for three years,you get relief from removal and work authorization for three years. You are in authorized stay and are not accumulating unlawful presence, You may travel outside the United States with advance parole (advance parole is a document that allows certain aliens to re-enter the United States without an immigrant visa or non-immigrant visa after
In June 2012 the Obama administration announced the creation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The program grants deferred action (protection from deportation) and work authorization to certain young unauthorized immigrants who came to the United States as children, have pursued an education, and have not committed serious crimes or pose no national security threat (Hipsman, Faye, and Doris Meissner, 2014). Individuals who are granted DACA status are considered as being "lawful presence," regardless of their citizenship which makes individuals eligible for driver's licenses and other state-determined benefits where states choose to grant them (Adams, Angela, and Kerry S. Boyne, 2015). The individuals who apply to DACA have to go through intense background checks, which includes fingerprint analysis, to make sure the individuals are safe for society. For all purpose DACA students are one step closer to legal status and have been deemed to be helpful to society. Many opponents of in-state tuition for undocumented students claimed that because the students could not legally work the state would lose money, however DACA has changed things forever. Now the DACAmented students can get jobs and pursue the careers they studied for in college (Adams, Angela, and Kerry S. Boyne, 2015). According to Migration Policy Institute, it is estimated that 1.7 million individuals are eligible for the DACA program. As of March 2013, the program's rolling application process has seen 469,530 requests and USCIS has approved 245,493 cases (Hipsman, Faye, and Doris Meissner, 2014). These immigrants pay taxes (i.e, sales taxes) and now they are working legally, which means more revenue for the state in both wage and sales taxes. The third policy alternative would ease the worries of anti-Texas Dream Act in the respect that the students
The Senate wants to eliminate the DACA program, but I believe that it’s crucial to keep it because there are many young students that need it to continue to succeed. Which should not be done away with even after Obama’s administration’s time runs out.
The DACA program is a smaller denomination of the DREAM Act, that was passed by president Obama in 2010 (Luzer). It may be similar to the DREAM Act, but DACA focuses more on the education of young immigrants that range from the age of sixteen and down (Elfman). When it comes to human immorality and unjust treatment, the repeal of the Dreamer Act would affect many undocumented people emotionally. Growing up the friend I surrounded myself with were undocumented friends that were suffering emotionally. One of my friends had showed up to school one day saying, “I can no longer stay in my house because my parents were taken away back to Mexico. I have to live with my aunt now.” My friend had been affected emotionally by the deportation of his parents and feared since he was undocumented, he too would have to start a new life. Now that there is a new president making judgment for the right of the nation, the DACA program may be repealed as well. This would leave many undocumented students without a source of furthering their education. Through the separation of families, limited rights under the constitution, and my personal experience, the deportation of people that have live in the united states from childhood is inhumane and unfair to those that have no other place to