by Humera Gul
After the 2016 presidential election, the United States of America has been welcomed to multiple new policies and ideas.
Recently, president Donald Trump decided to close the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This has been in the news a lot and there are many different opinions by both parties.
Around 800,000 immigrants came to the United States as children to live their life and work here legally. Now the question is what is DACA program?
Former president Barack Obama created the DACA program in 2012, which allows certain illegal people with minor protection from immediate deportation.
People can request “consideration of deferred action” in two years. Trump might stop issuing the work permits under
Trump referred to DACA as “illegal amnesty” however it’s seems that he has some soften part for DACA people, he said, “We love the Dreamers."
DACA closing program will cost $6.3 billion in employee turnover costs. Which includes hiring and training 720,000 new employees. Also, for next two years the Unites States employers will have to terminate 6,914 employees, who are currently working in the DACA program.
One of the key issues is the legislative reform. The far right argues that these kids are illegal and need to be deported immediately. While the far left argues that these kids need to be granted full citizenship.
The issues in current time is the willingness for the parties to find common ground. The parties need to work together to strengthen the country. The “DACA” program is a great humanitarian program that will transform the lives of 800,000 immigrants.
Will morals be set aside in order to reduce costs or taxes? Which countries would these kids go back to? Are the countries willing to take them back? How long would it take to rehabilitate these kids into the third world countries they came
They would only resent the "fair" judicial system and could go through the same discriminatory system that had imprisoned their parents. It can lead to an endless cycle, simply starting with only a small amount of possession of a drug.
In 2012, President Obama introduced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for young people who had been residing in the United States at least five years prior to the bill’s passing. DACA was the most significant provision from the Obama administration that aimed to help undocumented youth be integrated in the American society. It protected them from deportation and allowed them to obtain a state identification, work permit, and Social Security number. The immigrant communities celebrated this bill as it had been a long time since there was a significant change in the country’s immigration policy. However, the current administration and government pose a serious threat to the beneficiaries of the DACA program as well as
Imagine a world with an educated youth. Now imagine a parallel world where children are fighting to keep a smile on their faces, because, in truth, it is the only thing they have. In reality, this is what is happening. Youth, who have the privilege to be American citizens, are granted a very fulfilling education with a promise of a career. Children of illegal and undocumented immigrants do not have such luck. Some undocumented children in America have very promising futures and even a degree under their belts, but they cannot apply for a job because they have no proof of citizenship. A controversial topic is the matter of the DREAM Act (Development, Relief, and Education, for Alien Minors) which permits undocumented immigrants to obtain citizenship and later get a job. Is this topic really a law… or a lifestyle? Should we really be arguing on the matter of life or death?
The difference between liberal and conservative views has contributed to the lack of obtaining a solution for controlling illegal immigration. The liberal position believes that amnesty should be granted for undocumented immigrants entering our country illegally. The liberal position also believes that these undocumented immigrants should gain all benefits that citizens receive such as financial aid, health care, voting rights and social security just to list a few. Ultimately, liberals believe that illegal immigrants should have the same rights as legal citizens. On the other hand, the conservative viewpoint towards the issue of illegal immigration is the opposite. Conservatives are against granting amnesty for illegal, undocumented immigrants. Conservatives also believe that illegal immigrants who break the law should not have the same rights as legal citizens who abide by the law, as well as increasing the need for border security to reduce illegal immigration issues (Conservative vs. Liberal Beliefs). In order to resolve this national issue of illegal immigration, these two parties must find some sort of common ground. Security must be enforced to keep terrorist and known criminals out of the country. There should be an increase in border security to slow down illegal drugs being imported and trafficked into the nation. There needs to be an agreement as to what jobs are not
Critics like Heritage Action also have numerous other arguments against DACA. For example, some pundits
Currently, there are 11.7 million undocumented immigrants in the United States; 6 million of those immigrants are Mexican-born (Preston). Within that undocumented population are individuals who were brought to the States as children. These individuals have grown up in the American culture and consider themselves American, but struggle with being treated as second class citizens due to their undocumented status. On June fifteenth of 2012, the Obama Administration announced the executive order Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). This order will allow immigrants who were brought illegally to the U.S. as children to apply for work permits and avoid deportation (Hennessey and Bennett). President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is not only beneficial to it applicants but also to the United States as a whole.
3Introduced by the Obama Administration in June 2012, DACA is an administrative program through which eligible undocumented youth can apply for deferred action (a discretionary determination to defer the deportation of an individual) for a period of two years, subject to renewal. Eligible youth may also apply for work authorization.
At the start of September, Donald Trump terminated a program and in turn put fear into the hearts of nearly 800,000 people and their friends and family. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, was a program that was made to replace the DREAM Act (a policy that was not approved by Congress which would have created a path towards citizenship for “illegal” immigrants that came to the United States as children). DACA was put into effect in 2012 by former President Barack Obama through an executive order. This policy protects immigrants who, as children, were either illegally brought to the United States or were brought legally but then stayed past their visas’ expiration dates. DACA provides this specific group of immigrants with protection from deportation, a social security number, and a work permit; however, it is not a way of gaining legal status. Not only are the qualifications for eligibility specific and limiting, but the application process itself is expensive, extensive, long, and it has to be done every two years.
The lives of millions of immigrants are affected everyday due to limited access to acquiring legal citizenship. Out of that group there are 2.1 million children and young adults under the age of 18 that are eligible for permanent citizenship at this time (The DREAM Act). In 2001 Dick Durbin and Orrin Hatch presented a Development Relief and Education of Alien Minors (DREAM) Act that provides a path to becoming a legal citizen. The DREAM Act has yet to be passed, but there is a temporary Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)(The DREAM Act). The DREAM Act will provide options and opportunities for people to continue their path of life in America. The DREAM Act should be passed as it will benefit our economy, positively affect and strengthen our military, along with increased access to education.
The battle between the Democrats and the Republicans is a battle that has gone on ever since the 1900s. The only way that a political party can take over the house is if they are able to address the issues that relevant to the people. Now that elections are around the corner, many candidates are bringing up issues that have been affecting America for a while and how they are going to change it for the better. The issue of immigration has been brought up by both the Democrats and the Republicans, but both don’t seem to come to an agreement on the issue. The Republicans believe that illegal immigrants should not be given the same benefits as a legal citizen, but America should welcome those that come in legally. On the other hand, Democrats believe
24 Mar. 2014. “The DREAM Act.” Immigration Policy Center. N.p, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2014
The “Immigrant Children’s Educational Advancement and Dropout Prevention Act of 2001” (H.R. 1582) during the 107th Congress, was enacted to allow undocumented immigrant students to first apply to be protected from deportation and then apply to become a permanent resident if they met a number of similar criteria as the DREAM Act now (Barnett, Pamela, 2016). "GUTIERREZ TIES IMMIGRATION PROPOSAL TO EDUCATION STATUS” (Congress Daily, 2001). Then the “Student Adjustment Act of 2001” (H.R. 1918) was created as a limited version which lowered the age eligibility and was also the first bill to be given the short title of “Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act” or “DREAM Act.” Since first introduced in 2001 by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Richard Durbin (D-IL), the DREAM Act has come up for a vote several times. The act failed to pass in the U.S. Congress twice in 2003-2004 by a 16-3 vote and again failed in 2006 by a voice vote without dissent as an amendment to the Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) bill (S.2611). The DREAM Act has provisions to extend citizenship to illegal immigrant children but was denied multiple times until considered as a stand-alone bill (S.2205). It soon garnered a bipartisan majority vote of 52-44 in the Senate but failed to reach the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture. Many Republicans like Ted Cruz, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Mitt
Shortly after the toughest immigration law was passed, enough Mexican immigrants couldn’t be found to work the fields. Rob Knorr in Arizona couldn’t find workers to pick his jalapeno peppers in the field which greatly reduced his revenue and became costly. Over the years, the immigration law has passed through several reforms from 1986 through Congress and was signed by President Ronald Reagan. This legislation in 1986 was tightened border security and those employers practicing hiring of undocumented immigrants. Amnesty was to be offered to those immigrants that were already in the country unlawfully.
There has been a lot of fuss over the issue of illegal immigration. It truly is one of America’s biggest problems, in my opinion. This has been an issue in our country for years and it is about time we resolve the issue. The two of our 2016 candidates had very different views on the situation and both felt very strongly about it.
President Trump announced in September that he was ending the program, DACA, and gave Congress until March 5th to come up with a legislative solution. DACA, short for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, was a program developed during Obama’s presidency to protect deportation of immigrant children who came to the United States, nicknamed the DREAMers according to USA Today. However, Newsweek announced that a definite plan cannot be made due to contradicting beliefs among Congress about what should happen to the DREAMers, the nearly 800,000 immigrants that fall under the protection of the DACA program.