DACA Argumentative Essay

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The possible ending of DACA is a huge controversial social issue going on right now in the United States. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a program for minors that come into the United States illegally, to get a two year work permit which allows them to stay here in America. Ever since president Trump decided to go public about ending the DACA program, his supporters have rallied about ending it right away. These people target Hispanics under this program, but there are different types of people from all over the world under this program as well. They think that Hispanics are the ones stealing their jobs, but in reality, if they were to work as hard as they do they would get the results they wanted. This is an effect of racism …show more content…

They may have not been born here, but they deserve to pursue their dreams just like everyone else. In June of 2016, Alicia Gallegos published an article called DACA: Supreme Court could squash dreams of becoming a doctor, on how a young woman would not be able to pursue her dreams of becoming a doctor. Denisse, who is 26, has a goal to become a physician to help close the gap for undocumented immigrants and medical care. She is fairly close considering she is under the DACA program. DACA allowed Denisse to become the very first undocumented student to attend the Icahn School of Medicine in New York. Ms. Rojas Marquez’s medical education is at stake, since the U.S. Supreme Court is considering protections for the undocumented immigrants in a case of Texas v. United States. Denisse has spent most of her life in fear of deportation, so she said she would not waste time worrying about the Supreme Court’s decision or what the current president will do. She kept going on with her studies and her goal of becoming a doctor (Gallegos, 2016). Dreamers deserve the chance to be able to become what they’ve always dreamed of. If the current president decides to remove this program the dreams of many families will be ruined. It is like the president does not care about the dreams of these people. This is not the type of life these families signed up

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