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DACA Benefits

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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 …show more content…

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

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