April M. Rodriguez. Professor Heaton. Engl 1301. 04/19/2017.

S. 3827, a new version of the DREAM Act, includes numerous changes to address concerns raised about the bill. Less than a month later, on November 16, President Barack Obama and top Democrats pledged to introduce the Dream Act into the House by November 29. On June 15, 2012, President Barack Obama announced that his administration would stop deporting undocumented immigrants who match certain criteria included in the proposed DREAM Act (Cohen, Tom).  On August 15, 2012, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began accepting applications under the Obama administration's new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

President Obama came into office in the aftermath of the disastrous foreign policy record of the Bush administration. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 had served as a “switchman,” leading to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Bush administration exercised unilateral use of force and reluctance to engage the international community. As a result global elites and publics viewed the US unfavorably. The US economy was negatively affected by the costs of the wars coupled with the financial crisis of 2007. It was this environment that defined the contours of the election campaign of 2008. Obama campaigned on the idea of change, which represented a regeneration of America through domestic public policy reform and a return to multilateralism in foreign policy. Both domestic and international publics and elites were galvanized by Obama’s message.

After hearing the news, I felt as if my worries were crawling right back up to my shoulders. As if I was at the top of the mountain and then had someone push back down. Finding out that the Senate has plans to take down the DACA was as if they were closing the doors to my success. As the Congress debates over immigration reform, August the 15th marks the second anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. On the 15th of August 2012, President Obama began a policy calling for deferred action towards certain young individuals who came to the United States as children and are known as Dreamers(LOGOS). This policy allows this group of people to have similar rights that are initially reserved for the citizens of the United States, like applying for employment or having a social security. The Daca program also secures the young dreamers from deportation.

Obama did not like what he saw when they did not pass this act. He did not want to see these kids left in the dark he did not want to see them become something other than their best selves so on June 15, 2012 President Obama creates DACA. Now we can answer the big question people have been asking is “What is DACA?” DACA stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. This allowed some people who came into the United states as minors, who came in illegally and remained in the United States received a renewed two year period of “deferred action”. They are able to work with a work permit and they are able to go to school as well. And this policy was made in 2012. The immigrants were only eligible if they came into the United States at or under the age of sixteen. Some criteria that had to be fulfilled for a person to qualify for DACA are: entering the United States with a non

He also said that he was going to use his power of executive orders to reform immigration. If Congress does not make the laws then there are no laws to execute. This executive order may help more than five million “undocumented” immigrates residing in the United States along with countless, “Dreamers” (immigrates brought to the U.S. as children). Mr. Obama believes that the system cannot get much worse and see his executive order as a way to reform. The President reminded the other two branches of the government that Congress is to pass laws while the judiciary has to translate those laws using the Constitution of the United States. Mr. Obama does not intent to change laws concerning immigration but he does plan to use those laws to support undocumented persons and children. The President said, “We didn’t raise the Statue of Liberty with her back to the world; we did it with her light shining as a beacon to the world.” He put Congress and the Courts on notice that he would use his power for reform. The United States supported an immigration bill that mapped out a way for millions of illegal’s a way to become citizens. Most of the

The act was introduced by Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Dublin, who have continually championed for the act following a bipartisan effort on July 20th 2017. According to the report, Immigrants have been waiting for a long time for a lasting solution to the woes facing them. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was created in 2012 by President Obama to protect protects the beneficiaries from deportation while providing work permit and Social Security number. Immigrants on their part saw their fortunes dwindle with the election of Trump as president. A number of people in power have vowed to dismantle the DACA

Due to the lack of Congress passing new immigration reform policies, President Obama took the controversial step and signed an executive order to alter the current immigration policy to provide a pathway for undocumented immigrants to obtain legal status and to increase boarder security along with other features. President Obama did not want to pass the executive order, he would have preferred that Congress had acted on their own. When President Obama addressed Congress he stated "To those members of Congress who question my authority to make our immigration system work better," he said, "or question the wisdom of me acting where Congress has failed, I have one answer: Pass a bill." (Facts on File, 2015, Para 11) Congress failed to act, President

In what could arguably have been the shot heard around the world during the 2012 election year, President Obama in June issued an executive order suspending deportations of low-priority undocumented immigrants under the age of 30 (Office of the Press Secretary, 2012). The order targeted young Hispanics who had been brought to the United States by their parents years ago, the so-called 'Dreamers.' During the rest of the campaign, Obama spent considerable time courting the minority vote based on the assumption that his position on immigration reform would be more appealing to Hispanic voters than his opponent's (Boyer, 2012). His gamble seems to have paid off.

There are currently 11 million undocumented immigrants living, working, and raising families in the United States. It is obvious that something needs to be done about this problem (Passel). However, when a bipartisan reform bill passed from the Senate to the House of Representatives, the House refused to consider it (Kim). In response, on November 20, 2014, President Obama declared that he had taken action by making an executive order that will fix America’s flawed immigration system. The proposed executive action offers a legal reprieve and perhaps work permits to some of the undocumented parents of U.S. citizens and permanent residents, expand the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program, and strengthen border security. Many

When Bush was president, two and a half years after September 11, he enacted a program in where employers could hire immigrants, the guest worker program “did not allow guest workers to apply for permanent residency, nor did it require employers to offer any more than minimum wage”. Cecilia Muñoz did not like that proposition, so she came up with the “DREAM act”, a bill that allowed undocumented youth to go to college. There was many bills proposed after the 9/11 attack, an important one was the “McCain-Kennedy immigration bill, it stated “Undocumented people would get six-year visas; then, after they had paid back taxes and a fine and had proven their English skills, they could apply for permanent residency, providing the path to citizenship for which Muñoz had been waiting”. The McCain-Kennedy bill never made it to the senate, “because there wasn’t enough support to get it out of committee.” Later in 2005, HR 4437 was passed which stated to build a border fence and “stepped-up employer

On November 20, 2014, President Obama signaled a significant turn in U.S. immigration policy. Acknowledging Congress's failure to adopt a comprehensive overhaul of the nation's "broken immigration system," the President announced measures to "help make our immigration system fairer and more just." (1) The centerpiece of the announcement was a program allowing certain illegal immigrants with children who are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents "to apply to stay in this country temporarily without fear of

On September 5, 2017, President Trump called for the repeal of the DACA program. Panic overtook the United States as young immigrants stressed about their plans and how they are to work around this problem. DACA is a program that was created by former President Obama in 2012. This program was used to help young immigrant, whom he called Dreamers, that came into the U.S illegally by their parents to be protected from being deported. Repealing this act not only deprives the many people who have built their lives, but also takes away the opportunity we currently have in our hands.

The focus of my research paper will be on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) that former president Barack Obama passed in 2012. My paper will give an overview of the history of the executive order, and will discuss which groups of people this policy might marginalize. In addition, my paper will explore the benefits and disadvantages of the DACA program. Lastly, my paper will address where the DACA program stands within our current political situation.

President Obama’s action was not a simple measure he decided to take on his own, but based off of political pressures United We Dream and other organizations like CHIRLA have put of the Obama administration. During Obama’s detecting and deporting undocumented immigrants through Secure Communities, the DREAMers used political collectiveness to demonstrate against such anti immigrant policies. First,

President Obama justified the immigration reform by protecting the families and children and deporting the immigrants who are committing crime within the United States. Different executive orders have been proclaimed during the presidency of Barak Obama. This included the deportation of loads of illegal immigrants and allotting resources to deporting unlawful aliens. In every case, these statutes were signed into equity by the incumbent president of the United States.