What is the future of DACA and how will the Supreme Courts decision affect  the United States and DACA recipients?
DACA( Deferred Action for childhood Arrivals) helps people from the age of 15 to 31 get a work permit and a social security to be able to get an education and work here in the United States legally and also be protected from deportation. As of right now DACA is not accepting any new applications and people whose DACA are about to expire can renew but since the Supreme Court is going to make a decision on what will happen in the future on November 12,2019 if you haven’t renewed it, if the Supreme Court decides to not keep daca than you’ll not be able to renew it when it’s time to. What is the future of DACA and how will the supreme courts decision affect the United States and DACA recipients?
Pros and cons of having DACA
According to Grace Donnelly of fortune.com She says that trump is telling people not to worry about DACA and that they will try to figure out the problem. In the article she also mentions that Republicans and proponents weight out the pros and cons of having DACA. In the article it says “ the program allows Dreamers to obtain drivers licenses, enroll in college, pay income taxes and serve in the military”. What they are saying is that having DACA is good because it would benefit the United States in many ways. For example paying income taxes benefits both the DACA recipient and the United States. Going to college would also benefit a lot since the recipient would be paying the government. It’s also not the child’s fault that they were brought here without their consent and not be able to do specific things like everyone else.
It also mentions why it would be bad to keep it, they say that DACA is not giving recipients permanent status only temporary protection that has to be renewed every two years and in the long run it’s not a path to citizenship. A con of having DACA is “it does not provide lawful status or a path to citizenship”. It’s not worth keeping DACA if they know that they will never be able to become a citizen. The republicans want to find another way to path to citizenship instead of just temporary status. This source is worth listening to because if the Supreme Court decides not to keep DACA people should know why it’s important to have it and why it shouldn’t be taken off.
DACA deal in exchange for Funding Wall
In the New York Times written by Annie Karni who is a white House correspondent and Sheryl Gay Stolberg who is a congressional correspondent they talk about a deal that Trump proposed regarding DACA and the Wall. It states “ in the deal he outlined on Saturday, Mr trump offered to restore T.P.S protection for 300,000 people and said he would allow 700,000 Dreamers to keep their protections for three more years in exchange for 5.7 million for a border barrier”. Trump is basically saying that the only way he would keep DACA is if 5.7 million dollars were put to use for the wall he really wants around Mexico. Trump is saying that he’ll do something good for DACA and extend it But he has to get money for the wall and it doesn’t make sense because the wall and DACA are not related in any way and Trump is using it as an excuse to get his wall which is pathetic.
This Article is for anyone who reads the New York Times but mostly people who are DACA recipients or anyone who has in interest on DACA. This source is good to listen to because it’s good to be informed about the “proposals “ Trump wants to make regarding DACA and what he is willing to do to protect it. What I learned about my Question from this source is that The only way we’ll get a good deal on DACA is if Trump gets something worth it in return.
Economic Impact on the US
On a nbcnews article written by Elizabeth Chmurak she talks about the economic impact the United States would have if we lost DACA workers. In the article is states” we expect in the next 10 years if we allow the DACA recipients to remain in the United States, that would add an extra $350 billion to the economy compared to them to excluding them from being able to work legally”. Keeping the program would benefit its economy so much so if they decide to take it away the U.S would be losing a load of money and that’s not what they want. With Dreamers being able to work they would be paying a lot of tax money and the Federal government would be gaining from it.
Reading this article helped understand the reason why not only it’s good for dreamers to have daca but for the whole United States economy. It’s beneficial to all not just to one specific group of people. This source helped me with my question because I know now that they have to do something for DACA because it just would not help the government in any way if they don’t do anything.
Health problems on Dreamers kids
A Stanford research by Milenko Martinovich who is the deputy Director of social science communications at Stanford university wrote about how ending the program could effect the children of daca recipients. It states “ in comparing groups of children whos mothers were either eligible or ineligible for daca protection, we focused on adjustment and anxiety disorders because they involve usually intense reactions to a life stressor and for a child, worrying that any day your parent could be targeted for deportation a source of severe stress” what he is saying is that if kids are afraid that their mothers can be taken away from them at any moment and that’s all they’re thinking about can really trigger them and they will feel constantly stressed. The people who may read this source can be people who care about family separation, DACA recipients who have children. The audience could also be people who go to Stanford and read the school papers.
In conclusion what I’ve learned about my research is that In the future if the Supreme Court decides to not keep DACA or if they do keep it there is a lot of supporting evidence for both. After doing all my research my opinion on why DACA should still stand grew even stronger. Reading all the reasons why it would be best to keep it made me feel so much stronger about the topic.
