The paper is about the DACA program initiative and its consequences. The DACA protection given to immigrants is remarkable effort since 2012 for securing the position of immigrants and also providing benefits to them. The Donald trump presidency and change in the immigration policy affected the DACA people and it will also be discussed in terms of the negative consequence to both recipients and U.S economy as well.
From 2012, around 800,000 illegal young Americans that have been existing in the U.S without the dread of being exterminated or deported from the country. The credit for such security to every individual was because of the Barack Obama‘s progressive program which is named as deferred action Plan for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
The DACA Program established in 2012 by the president of the time President Barack Obama. The plan aimed to award secure setting for all the immigrants who came to America to work freely and to serve the country in every possible field. Through this Program, all the youngsters who came as children in the U.S can pursue their dreams as citizens of America by applying to the renewal process. The renewable status of the applicant would last for 2 years. (DICKERSON, 2018) The majority of the immigrants are from Mexico and Latin American regions. (BBC, 2018)
The people or the applicants of the DACA are labeled as “Dreamers”. They were labeled with this name through a special act approval called Dream act with supported benefits to the recipients. The dream act was presented in 2001. (DICKERSON, 2018) The requirement or pre-requite for the qualified immigrants are framed under the act which includes the age of 31 years or above and the other one is that he/she must live in America since 2007. The young immigrants must be of 16 age at the time of arrival at the U.S. (Andy, 2017) the other requirement for the applicant is he/she must have spotless criminal record throughout his academics or professional era. The dreamers can apply under the program to get deferred action removal against their being for a period of 2 years. (Schallhorn, n.d.)
The process validation is checked through the department of homeland security with the collection of fingerprints and all the record of the recipients with the collaboration of immigration customs enforcement, US citizenship and immigration services and custom and border protection to meet the enforcement criteria. (FWD US, 2017) The benefits of the DACA to the recipients resulted in the issuance of work permits, being able to work on the job of the dream, to get higher education degree of choice. Some states benefit individuals with grants and loans and also permission to drive under the law and also get the sponsored medical assistance as well. (DICKERSON, 2018)
This program is considered unconstitutional by Republicans and recently President Donald Trump eliminated DACA with the verdict from ten republican attorneys stating it illegal and over the power of the president power to exercise. (FWD US, 2017) Trump administration replaced the immigration policy and put the applications on hold for DACA. According to the chronological predicted data, if DACA would be on hold for shorter period of time, it will affect 30,000 individuals each month with their job loss, 1400 individuals would be dismissed from the business or jobs and economic instability will be seen in all the 50 states of U.S. The recipients who would be prohibited from renewal will face hard crisis and there will be 7,234 loss of jobs per week. It will hinder the immigrants to get work authorization under the act. The termination of the act will devastate the business and economy of every sector with no authorization and termination.
According to a report from American center for progress, it is assessed that there are 91 percent people under DACA working in various companies of the country that are contributing billion dollars in the economy of the U.S. the removal of DACA program or halting renewal policy will project the loss of $460.3 billion in the gross domestic product in a decade.
The example is a case of an immigrant who went to immigration office on regular appointment for the \green card. He went to the office with his wife and 4-month old baby. The immigrant after the regular interview was called for another quick minute in the office by a man. The immigration general handcuffed him and put him in custody for 3 months. Another example is a student of MIT who got stuck in Iran but with the declaration of the ban on the immigrants travel, the student felt so much anguish and fearful about the whole career after getting an education from MIT. He felt hurt that president one signature for the approval of the ban will dissipate all his efforts. (Church, 2018)
Immigrant are facing a hard time around the U.S. there are many stories of immigrants after the trump administration policy intrusion they are being deported to their homelands, to sell their properties, to leave education career, to quit jobs and to lock up with families for being honest immigrants. The Congress, on the other hand, trying to sort out and search for a ground to protect the DACA receivers to cater the urgent challenge.
References
Andy, Z. (2017, October 6). Don’t Deport Dreamers. Retrieved from http://www.teenink.com: http://www.teenink.com/opinion/current_events_politics/article/966480/Dont-Deport-Dreamers/
BBC. (2018, 26 January). Daca Dreamers: What is this immigration debate all about? Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41128905
Church, S. (2018, January 31). Trump immigration policies destroy families. Retrieved from https://www.bostonglobe.com: https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/01/31/trump-immigration-policies-destroy-families/3UuAacsFIYbSNVKt5ZzD8I/story.html
DICKERSON, C. (2018, January 23). What Is DACA? Who Are the Dreamers? Here Are Some Answers. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/us/daca-dreamers-shutdown.html
FWD US. (2017). Study: The Impact of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program Repeal on Jobs. Center for American Progress.
Schallhorn, K. (n.d.). What is DACA and what does the Trump administration want to do with it? Retrieved from http://www.foxnews.com: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/07/what-is-daca-and-what-does-trump-administration-want-to-do-with-it.html
