Childhood Arrivals

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.

With evidence from different sources, this paper will show the how the DACA program effects the United States as a whole. “In 2010, in the whole u.s. Population, households with college education heads, on average, received $24,839

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

DACA was created by the Obama administration in June of 2012 with the vision to relief deportation and giving protection to foreign minors who entered the country illegally so that they could stay, work and get education without being deported to their country of origin. DACA has been entitling to controversy and uncertainty since the Trump administration because this action provides the recipients the opportunity to receive a two year renewable deferral of deportation, a work permit and benefits provided by the government. This action has been rescind by the President Donald Trump on September of 2017; more than 800,000 recipients (known as DREAMers) are left with concerns, worriers and fears of being deported to their country of birth because their families, education, friends and life is here in The United States.

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

You cannot watch the news lately without hearing something on DACA. DACA (Differed Action for Childhood Arrivals), which was an executive order signed by President Obama in hopes of encouraging congress to finally decide on immigration policies. DACA was created in 2012 by executive order by President Obama. According to the Immigrant Legal Resource Center DACA, “is a prosecutorial discretion that provides a work permit and relief from removal for two years to certain eligible undocumented youth (DACA Fact Sheet). The youth that are eligible for DACA must be currently in school, have graduated or have a GED (General Education Development) certificate, have a clean adult criminal record and must be at

Despite the interactive program, the federal regulations and laws can propose or void certain social policies and social services for immigrants, making it difficult for the Hispanic population. According to United States Census Bureau, Hispanic residents have become the nation’s largest minority group and continue to exceed in numbers compared to other races and ethnicities. The relationship between the federal government and minorities, Hispanic subgroups, is an imperative yet unascertained platform. For instance, DACA and DAPA programs had been expanded in 2014 allowing parents and children to apply for citizenship or permanent residence without the fear of deportation and given the opportunity to access government benefits. However, the

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.

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program (DACA) has helped stimulate the United States financially; by canceling it the Trump Administration has doomed our economy. Lawmakers have quite a task ahead of them as they try to traverse the tumultuous territory that is the DACA cancelation. However, one of the largest, if not the largest, problems that this move has created is the threat it poses to the nation’s economy. Bombastically, the Trump Administration made a move that seemed to be supported by its followers. Yet, further analysis of the cancelation seems to greatly cripple the United States, estimating that the nation stands to lose $215 billion if the former DACA recipients are deported.

The authors are able to incorporate both stances on the DACA issue, by doing this, they are able to prevent strong or discernible biases of the topic. Shear and Davis included both stances by quoting opposing people’s opinions. For example, they quoted President Donald Trump, who intends to revoke DACA, he says that the reason for his concern about DACA is, “the millions of Americans victimized by this unfair job system.” But the authors also quote former President Barack Obama, who helped create the DACA program, when he heard of Trump’s plan he stated, “Whatever concerns or complaints Americans may have about immigration in general, we shouldn’t threaten the future of this group of young people who are here through no fault of their own, who pose no threat, who are not taking away anything from the rest of us.” The quotes are able to give the reader an unbiased perspective of the topic. Criticism is only shown in the article when the authors quote other people, either criticizing DACA or criticizing the people trying to revoke it. Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions criticize DACA, but Mark Zuckerberg, Marielena Hincapie, and

This means that the immigrant who was brought in as a child is given a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and is also given a work permit. America has stripped this act from immigrants leaving them scared and hopeless. Many people argue that America should not be doing this for immigrants and that the immigrants who are on DACA will take their jobs. The DACA

A social issue that is currently whirling around the United States is the discussion of what is going to happen with DACA recipients. DACA stands for The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and they are also commonly referred to as “Dreamers” (Michelle Mark 2017). The DACA act was set in place in 2012 by President Barrack Obama and it provided young immigrants the chance to apply for temporary protection from deportation. Often times children are too young to know what is going on and their parents bring them into the United States so they are then protected under the DACA act. It is also only eligible to immigrants who have been in the United States since 2007 and were under 16 years of age; 30 or younger as of June 2012, in high school or have a diploma or GED and a clean criminal record (Dara Lind 2017). The program does not grant legal status, put them on a path to citizenship and or legalization (Michelle Mark 2017). The protection does allow these people to get authorization to work and obtain a valid driver’s license in some states. DACA provides the opportunity for them to have the chance to further their education, buy cars, homes and even the possibility of starting a business (Dara Lind 2017). Currently 800, 000 people depend on the DACA Act in the United States (Michelle Mark). Without the DACA Act, the recipients are essentially an illegal immigrant.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) was a program that was started by President Obama and his administration on June 12, 2012 however; it did not go into effect until August 15, 2012. The purpose of the program is to provide a two year temporary relief of deportation and opportunities for unlawful immigrant youth to work legally in the United States. Some requirements of this program is that the youth be under the age of 31, was in the U.S. before age 16, must be obtaining an education or have a High School Diploma/GED and be present during the time this program is being initiated (Batolova, J, Capps, Bachmeler, Cox, E., 2013, p.1-2). Youth under DACA are allowed to obtain a driver’s license. One of the main concerns of this program is that it does not lead towards citizenship.

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.

The article displays how economics relates to big businesses and their lack of workers. The DACA program had allowed many undocumented immigrants to work for big companies in their lower ranks which is an essential position. Many of these companies such as Facebook, Google rely on immigrant workers such as the ones protected by DACA to provide labor which as they are willing to take up work that other citizens are not willing to do. Cutting DACA can drastically affect our GDP as the labor shortages may cause our GDP to fall $460.3 billion dollars while also taking $24.6 billion out of our Medicare and Social Security pool. The article demonstrates foreign workers are key to our economic success as they do the leg work for big tech companies