Childhood Arrivals: What Is DACA?

In a place where education is not easily accessible to everyone, and where the eagerness to learn and get an education develops within a community, social movements arise. One of many of which one of my good friend has been involved is the Dream Act and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. She is one of the few people that I personally know that has been actively politically involved since we were in high school. Through her I was able to learn and get a better understanding that education is not something that should be taken for granted, there are people like her, who are struggling and have so much potential to make a difference who want to learn but do not have access to education because they are undocumented. Many

According to the Pew Research Center, there are currently one million undocumented immigrant children living in the US, a third of them living in poverty. Most of these children had no choice in coming to the states. For most of these children, a college education is the way out of poverty, however many state colleges and universities require undocumented immigrants pay out of state tuition to enroll, which is money that most of these undocumented families do not have. The United States must pass the DREAM Act, which would allow undocumented immigrant children to pay in-state tuition to colleges and universities. Passing the DREAM Act would benefit the economy, it would give equal footing to minors who are looking for a better life, and it

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.

As of October 2017, DACA has been abolished by Congress and supports from the Trump Administration. DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), established by the Department of Homeland Security on June 12, 2012, is a policy which helps illegal aliens that are coming into the United States get benefits that Congress did not act to provide by law. Many of these recipients are spread throughout the United States. In 2014, another policy called DAPA (Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents) was expanded from the 2012 DACA policy. This policy was similar to DACA but it helped certain aliens who have children’s that have U.S. Citizenship. On June 29, 2017, Texas and several other states sent letters to the

I am writing you this letter for reasons of why repealing DACA will negatively affect the people in our community. As a person from Harrisburg, it has been noticeable that DACA has improved and impacted our city ever since the start of the program. The program Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is an authoritative help in exportation from American territory. The motivation behind DACA is to secure qualified foreigner youth who went to the United States when they were kids from expulsion. DACA gives youthful undocumented migrants assurance from extradition and a work permit for people to earn money and sustain their family. The program is provided for low-income undocumented people in poverty and will allow two years of work, subject

Many people argue that America has no culture. America Does have culture and beautiful combination of the culture of thousands of immigrants who settle in the US annually. These immigrants brought their culture to the US in one-way or another. They have made changes in the country, whether through the economy, education, work, or military services. Immigrants continue to move to the US so that they can live better lives. The DREAM ACT is very important and it should be pass to give opportunities these illegal children.

Our nation is strongest when we embrace the diversity of ideas and contributions from our young people. Today’s decision to end the deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) policy effectively disrupts the futures of the nearly 800,000 young people who have called the United States home since childhood — and represents an incredible loss for America, undermining the very foundation on which this country of immigrants was built.

President Trump is a president like no other. Republicans did not want to combine Hurricane disasters, relief,(Irma, and Harvey) and raising the debt. Republicans wanted to fund the disaster but this is not how they wanted to do it. They are now ready to move the combined bill in the congress. Republicans would have liked to keep DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) policy in place or take it away completely. Trump decided to end DACA but at the same time he wanted congress to come up with a plan to protect DACA recipients. Trump’s tweet that he will revisit DACA issue again gave the democrats an advantage taking it away from republicans. DACA is a planned immigration policy to let certain illegal immigrant kids attend school and have a job. DACA is

Perhaps the day of the termination of the DACA program (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) was a silent day for most of the people who have benefited from Obama’s policy to avoid deportation and be able to work and study inside the US. The silence is attributed to the fear and uncertainty, that old feeling that DREAMers experienced in a pre-DACA era—a time spent mostly under the shadows; a time that seems to prevail once again.

Media plays a huge role in today's society. Media, in its many forms, can be very persuasive and can change how people view a certain topic. The past few years, media has greatly affected how people feel about topics such as: gay rights, abortion, racism, and anything political. Depending on what site, or source you are on, media can depict the topic you research however it wants. It has been argued that there are political bias in media, which is not wrong. You can find just about anything in whichever political view you want. When talking politics, there are multiple media outlets that are party-based. Even in print, you can find just about anything in favor of what you believe if you look for it. Media does a fantastic job of manipulating people to believe certain things without the audience realizing it. The media provides constant information about politics, and in more times than not, political rather than professional. In this lesson, we learned about liberals and conservatives and how political parties can be affected through media bias and public opinion.

An organization that is attempting to manage a crisis is the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. This is a program that Obama put in place to protect young undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children from deportation. This is a huge crisis due to the number of immigrants that are a part of this program who are business owners, graduates, and overall people that have helped this economy grow.

The news topic I used to evaluate the four different types of news coverage was DACA, or Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals. I chose this topic because it is controversial and something people have many different opinions about, I knew I could find specific bias in its media coverage. DACA is also a very popular topic right now and has been in the news for a while now, so I thought there would be a good variety of news to evaluate. I chose to evaluate a mainstream, alternative, critical, and social media news source. Theses sources were CNN, Reveal, The American Prospect, and Twitter. I found that most of these articles included some sort of political bias, usually leaning in the same way, some having more than others. The news articles also focused on different aspects of DACA and each provided unique

The first basis of this argument is the media chooses what they cover. According to the globalpost.com media outlets and the shows they produce go through a production meeting prior to these shows airing. During these production meetings anchors, producers, and writers all come together to see which issues they will cover for the day, as a result we are at the mercy of these production folks to see what they will present to us for the day. An example of this would be during President Obamas implementation of the Affordable Healthcare Act which came into play in late 2009. Upon rolling this act out the media was all over this as it did affect the healthcare industry slightly when it came to rates and expenses, however, with this act being implemented

Journalists and reporters for the major networks will strongly denounce the suggestion that they favor of one side or the other when it comes to being politically biased. On the other hand there are other media sources that come

There are many different hidden truths in the media that people do not know about due to the fact that the media emphasizes on just one particular point of view. Throughout the years, people have been biased in the media and the reason as to why this happens is that people choose to lean on one side such as republican, democrat, libertarian, or conservative. To be biased means to only be on one side of an argument or situation and only favor more of what one person has to say. There are a variety of different news channels in which they all tend to lean more on one side, there is not a single news channel that is on the same side as another. There are many current events that have multiple contentious between other news channels. The viewers