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DACA Should Be Illegal

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“ I first got to the United States when I was 5 years old. The only memory of Mexico I have is the small corner of the house that I lived in with my grandpa, that's it. I grew up in the United States. This is my home. Upon hearing the news of Trump ending DACA I was really scared and upset, I've worked really hard to be where I am right now and now that can just be taken away at any moment. How is that fair to me or any other person that was brought into this country illegally? My parents made that decision for me; I had no say so.” Diana Martinez, a junior at Texas A&M University, and a recipient of DACA, said following the news of Trump’s DACA decision. She and nearly 800,000 other undocumented immigrants leave their future in the hands of Congress. On September 5th, President Trump announced that Congress had six months to decide if the program helping these immigrants attend school and carry a job, DACA, should be legalized or if it should be terminated. DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) was created in 2012 by the Obama administration after the DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Act failed. It allows children under the age of 17 that were brought into the country illegally to gain temporary protection from deportation, a Social Security card, a driver’s license, and permission to obtain a work …show more content…

So why is it necessary to keep these “dreamers” from living their dream? During Trump’s presidential campaign, he promised to reverse Obama’s “unconstitutional executive actions.” Republicans did not forget this promise and felt it necessary to take actions into their own hands. So they [Republicans] threatened to sue the federal government over DACA if the President didn’t cancel it by September 5th. Thus, leaving us where we are today: Trump putting an end to DACA and giving Congress 6 months to pass new laws in place of

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