Immigration Senior Project

The DREAM Act throughout its history has been repeatedly rejected by the US Congress and has been through many difficulties to be approved. This law has caused many frustrated attempts of undocumented immigrants and activists of this benefit. It is critical a thorough analysis of what this bill seeks to have so a better understanding of where it comes from and where it goes.

On June 15, 2012, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival Program also known as "DACA," was created by President Barack Obama. The Program was designed to aid and protect Illegal immigrants who were brought to the United States when they were children. DACA also provides authorization to work with benefits such as healthcare and social security card.

The DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) act is a bill that Congress is trying to pass that would deal with illegal immigration. It allows children of illegal immigrants that were brought into the country the ability to gain citizenship. The DREAM act requires children that were brought into the United Sates before they were 16 to have lived in The United States for at least five years and either serve in the military or finish two years of “higher education” all while making sure to keep up their good behavior. The DREAM act should be rejected because it rewards illegal behavior, fills up jobs that the hardworking Americans deserve, lowers wages, and unbalances the voting aspect of The United States.

Within the past year, the Department of Justice under President Trump has ended Obama Era orders. One in particular is the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA is an immigration policy that allowed for people who entered the country illegally as minors to stay within the U.S, work, and receive a two-year deferred action period from deportation. Trump revoked this order causing Homeland Security to stop processing applications. Since DACA has been revoked, federal courts across the country have begun proceedings to block parts of it. Although many are upset, congress has yet to rule upon the law and some effects have taken place. According to the Huffington Post, “since the September announcement, an estimated 11,000 young people have lost their deportation protections.” The effects that have already begun are concerns to the public because many people will begin to lose their ability to function within the American society.

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

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On 2001 The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act (S.1291) was introduced, which would provided legal status and educational opportunities to students who entered the United States before the age of sixteen (The DREAM Act, 2011). The DREAM Act was created to help undocumented individuals to achieve the so called American dream for many this is the opportunity that has been waiting for years. According to the article Get the Facts On The DREAM Act by Luis Miranda states three objectives are:

He called the program unconstitutional and challenged Congress to address this important issue. President Trump and the individuals known as his top advisers said they had no choice but to end the program titled DACA. They recognized it to be a misuse of executive power by President Obama that was questionable to survive a legal task. Trump’s decision arose much fear among supporters that approximately 800,000 immigrants who have lived illegally here in the United States since they were young children would ultimately be forced to removal once their government-issued work documents expire under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Even so, now senior administrators at the Department of Homeland Security said the agency would no longer admit new applications for the DACA program. Immigrants registered in the program will be allowable to remain until their two-year work permit expires. Trump said in one of his statements concerning this issue, “We are focused on criminals, security threats, recent border-crossers, visa overstays, and repeat violators. I have advised the Department of Homeland Security that DACA recipients are not enforcement priorities unless they are

After the initial DACA in 2012 there had not been any major immigration law changed or passed. DACA “a federal policy directive announced on June 15, 2012, has created new opportunities for about 1.9 million undocumented youth who came to the United States before the age of 16, have lived in the United States continuously fro at least five years, and have graduated from high school or obtained a GED” (ef4c.org, May 1, 2015). On February 16, 2015 Texas District Court Judge Andrew Hanen who put a ruling on a lawsuit supported by 26 states issued an injunction to delay the executive action set to be implemented on February, 18 2015. United We Dream is confident once the lawsuit reaches higher courts it will be turned down because it does not hold grounds. This action was much supported by the United We Dream not only because it further expanded DACA, which affects DREAMers, but it also positively impacts many parents, though not all. DREAMers were not completely satisfied by the executive action because it excluded most of their parents form DAPA (United We Dream, May 1 2015).

On June 15, 2012 President Barack Obama announced a new executive order. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or (DACA) program. This gave undocumented young migrants the chance to apply for a renewable two-year visa, receive a social-security number, work permit, and register for state benefits, like in-state tuition and state scholarships in continuation of their studies. To qualify for DACA, recipients (now called DREAMERs) must have been in the U.S since 2007 and came before turning 16, or must have been under the age of 31 before June 15,2012. As well as be in school, have a high school diploma or be a military veteran, and have a clean criminal record. Having DACA does not change an individual’s unlawful status but rather allows

President Obama’s executive action was met with mixed reactions across the nation when it was proposed. There were many who felt that granting deferred action to illegal immigrants would only put a greater strain on the economy, the healthcare system, and the job market while others felt it would allow those living in the shadows an opportunity to come forward, and stop living in fear of deportation.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is an executive order signed by President Obama in June 2012. DACA is a federal immigration policy that concerns illegal, undocumented immigrants that have that arrived in the United States prior to their 16th birthday, have been in the country since June 2007, and are under the age of 31 years old. Under DACA, eligible individuals are permitted to receive a renewable work permit, lasting two years, and to be exempt from deportation—under the condition that these individuals are lawful and either attending an educational institution, a high school graduate or currently serving or honorably discharged from the military. The policy does not officially allow for these immigrants to become American citizens. However, this policy protects immigrants that did not come to the United States under their own free will as children.

Currently, 11 million illegal immigrants inhabit the United States. This number will continue to augment without proper regulation of these aliens. Ever since his first inauguration, it has been President Barack Obama’s mission to improve America’s mediocre immigration system. Since Obama’s reelection for his second term, he has constantly stressed the fact that the new ideas for immigration reform are on the top of his list. Not only will these new reclaims help both the legal and illegal immigrants, and American citizens, but also they will benefit the

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which is a policy that was created on June 15, 2012 by our previous president Obama. The policy began to take place on August 15, 2017 for eligible young undocumented individuals. Former president Obama states, taking away DACA is not only “Cruel”, its also “self” defeating, as these young undocumented individuals only want to build bright futures, they want to start new businesses, staff our labs, serve in our military, and otherwise contribute to the country we love. And its cruel.” In this article, Obama argues against Trumps decision on voiding DACA, deportation of young indivduals striving to create a future for themselves could all

Seven billion people in this world and about eleven million of them are undocumented. This has become a huge problem - not to say they shouldn’t allowed to be a citizen, but why would you not want to become a citizen then risk the possibility of getting caught and deported to just go back to a place you obviously didn’t want to be. The President is working on a way to “fix our broken immigration system.” President Obama has three critical elements to his plan of action, those being cracking down at the border, deporting FELONS, and do criminal background checks as well as taxes.