Are Dreamers Ever Be Free

According to Bray (2016), DACA is not sufficient in quantity and quality to meet the demands of every immigrant. Although the act has benefitted countless undocumented immigrants, it does not provide a stable future because it only allows “children that were brought to the U.S. who meet other requirements to apply for two years from deportation (removal), as well a work permit” (294). Nonetheless, the act does not offer long term benefits and like many social policies, it has strict requirements such as; age, education, continuous residence in the U.S. since

DACA (sometimes called the Dreamers law) allowed people that came to the U.S. illegally as children to stay. Some people say those immigrants should be allowed to stay because they didn’t choose to come to America illegally and have only known America as their homeland. Others say their plight is sad, but the law is the law. Although the DACA program helps a few, this program should be dramatically changed because illegal immigrants can come here and not pay taxes while they get free healthcare and financial aid.

Immigration policies on DACA can have significant impact on the economy of the United States. DACA protect more than 800,000 dreamers who were brought illegally to United States for temporary work and education. Trump administration has proposed to end DACA. Ending DACA means these children will be sent back to their respective countries. Most of dreamers are studying in colleges or are working and contributing to state and federal government in terms of taxes. Ending DACA could lead to loss of major chunk of GDP. Editor from americanprogress.org named Tom K.Wong wrote in his article “DACA has been

Immigrants within the DACA program do pay taxes, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimates the amount paid in taxes by immigrants to be around 2 billion dollars. Being in the DACA program also does not qualify this group of people for the same benefits as citizens. For example, DACA recipients do not qualify for Medicaid or the Affordable Care Act. There should not be worry about the participants benefiting from the U.S. without giving to society. The concerns about crime and violence coming with the recipients of DACA are wrong because the regulations and checks each recipient must follow. Referring to the previous sections where I discussed the regulations, each immigrant wishing to benefit from the program must prove

That is good for the economy because the country is getting more money than it would if it were not allowing these undocumented immigrants to stay. It could add between $1.4-$3.6 trillion in taxable income (Miranda). It would also cut the budget deficit by $1.4 billion and increase government revenue by $2.3 billion over ten years (Miranda). There are plenty of advantages to the economy if this bill passes.

Many would argue that DACA immigrants, along with many other immigrants coming into the US, would cause a decrease in the quality of life for current American citizens living here now. When people from around the world coming into the US, this creates more supply and demand. With prices increasing and more resources being reduced with more people coming into the US, current citizens living in this country would not want more immigrants coming in. Even though there are

L. Rafiel Rief states, "Dreamers are, by definition, products if the U.S education system, driving them out would be throwing away tremendous national investment (Rief)." We have already invested into the Dreamers’ education on the elementary and secondary school level. If we deport them now we will be throwing away that investment and not reap any of the benefits.

With the federal dream act law, Immigrants that came from other countries can legally stay in the country without fearing deportation and allowing immigrants or so called “Dreamers” to further their education or academic goal, apply for a job legally and be eligible for a residential driver license although The Dream Act is very helpful there are some pre-qualifications that need to be met. According to Flair Isaiah:

Through the years the DACA legislation has come a long way of providing a great advantage for undocumented students. Through the legislation we have been able to have a stable job and a sense of security. DACA does not only offer an opportunity to financially help the families of those students, who most likely are undocumented as well, but it also offers a deferred action from deportation which allows students to, for at least two years, live without the fear of being taken away from the US. This legislation has helped many students across the United States and many different ways the economy DACA provides a 42 percent wage raise for the recipients which can be connected to higher tax revenue and financial growth (Wong, Rosas, Reyna, Rodriguez,,

The unjustified decision to end DACA has sparked numerous protests around the nation. The administration’s decision is unjustified because many of the people protected under this act are hardworking tax payers who obey laws just like any citizen of this nation. In general, Dreamers are motivated youthful individuals who have studied to better themselves and now pay taxes to this nation they call “home”. Some of which, only know English and

Approving DACA would allow about 700,000 children and young adults to earn permanent residency (Fitz). DACA is known as a program that would provide certain key benefits of legal immigration status and a path for young immigrants to eventually attain citizenship ("DREAM Act”). According to Mahwish Khan, those who support DACA believe that the Dream Act would dramatically increase the pool of highly qualified recruits for the U.S. Armed Forces and think that deporting Dreamers is inhumane and cruel. Furthermore, advocates of DACA strongly feel that the Dream Act would be good for the U.S. economy. On the other hand, according to the article “Are DACA and the DREAM Act 2”, those who oppose DACA are convinced that amnesty should not be given

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

Without the DACA they will not be able to keep on going into further education. A dreamers was brought here not for their decision but, because the parents wanted a higher education for their child. In the country they were living in was not a proper way for education. Dreamers have excelled in high schools and colleges; therefore, with the removal they will not be able to work for what hard work has taken to achieve it. One example, in “A Dream Deferred: President Trump says he's ending DACA--a program that protect thousands of young undocumented immigrants from deportation--unless Congress acts to save it” stated the following “A survey by the Center for American Progress found a least 18 of the top 25 Fortune 500 companies employ DACA recipients” (Smith. Oct. 9,2017). As seen a lot of companies have dreamers working for them. At any second the individuals can be declined to keep on working of their legal status. Dreamers think twice when they get out of high school and go into college for those reasons. Many of the dreamers have been here for education K-12, meanwhile Trump is removing this major program that helps a lot of individuals with their

Rafiel Rief states, "Dreamers are, by definition, products if the U.S education system, driving them out would be throwing away tremendous national investment (Rief)." We have already invested into the Dreamers’ education on the elementary and secondary school level. If we deport them now we will be throwing away that investment and not reap any of the benefits.

Even though Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is relatively new, there is significant evidence to suggest the government program is beneficial to the American economy. Since its beginning, approximately, 800,000 participants have joined the program, and have significantly contributed to the economy. According to a research study done by the CATO Institute, the US GDP would lose billions of dollars if DACA is repealed. Although a journalistic source, CNBC found that if DACA were to be repealed, the United States gross domestic product would be reduced by $433 billion by 2027 (Schoen 2017). Not only will the national economy lose a significant amount of money, but the state economies will as well based on how much each their state’s DACA workers generate. California will experience a loss of $11.3 billion a year, Texas will lose $6.1 billion in GDP, and North Carolina will lose $1.9 billion a year (Schoen 2017). The revenue these immigrants contribute to the US economy is through purchases and DACA payments. Purchases such as car buying, real estate, business startups, DACA fees, and etc (Wong, et al. 2017). Though DACA seems to benefit the US economy, there are many who still oppose the act.