DACA is the “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” which allowed illegal immigrants to stay in the United States by allowing them a renewable, two-year deferred action from deportation. DACA was meant to be a temporary fix to the issue of illegal immigrants by president Barack Obama. It was not meant to be a permanent solution. Many illegal immigrants are good people looking to find a better life but there are bad apples who commit violent crimes and are in gangs or the drug cartels. The DACA program is controversial because it was implemented unconstitutionally and helps people who are coming into the country illegally. It’s often seen by some people as promoting illegal immigration. People immigrate to the United States for many reasons.
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Those people are driven to be successful and that’s what the country needs. They’ll have their kids go to school and push them to be successful because they didn’t go through all the trouble of illegally crossing the border to not work for a better life. A lot of people weren’t and wouldn’t be safe in the country they’re coming from. They could be living in poverty and fear, so they see going to the US as a way of collecting themselves and making a new life for them and their children. Many people from other countries want a higher quality life than what they had before. They want to go to college and be successful in life, something that they wouldn’t be able to do in their origin country. There’s also illegal immigrants which are burdens to society. They’ll join gangs, cartels and commit violent crimes. Those are the immigrants which came for bad reasons and should be …show more content…
“The advocacy group ‘United We Dream’ suggests that those without DACA hold off on applying,” referring to the people who are wanting to apply for DACA (Mangan). The advocacy group says that if the president decides to get rid of DACA, the government has all the information they need to deport them. The president’s priority for deportation are gang members and law breakers. That means anybody that is accused of being in a gang, and is an illegal immigrant, will be a target for deportation. If an illegal immigrant is in the wrong place at the wrong time and get accused of committing a crime or being in a gang, there’s not much that they can do to avoid being
Those people are driven to be successful and that’s what the country needs. They’ll have their kids go to school and push them to be successful because they didn’t go through all the trouble of illegally crossing the border to not work for a better life. A lot of people weren’t and wouldn’t be safe in the country they’re coming from. They could be living in poverty and fear, so they see going to the US as a way of collecting themselves and making a new life for them and their children. Many people from other countries want a higher quality life than what they had before. They want to go to college and be successful in life, something that they wouldn’t be able to do in their origin country. There’s also illegal immigrants which are burdens to society. They’ll join gangs, cartels and commit violent crimes. Those are the immigrants which came for bad reasons and should be …show more content…
“The advocacy group ‘United We Dream’ suggests that those without DACA hold off on applying,” referring to the people who are wanting to apply for DACA (Mangan). The advocacy group says that if the president decides to get rid of DACA, the government has all the information they need to deport them. The president’s priority for deportation are gang members and law breakers. That means anybody that is accused of being in a gang, and is an illegal immigrant, will be a target for deportation. If an illegal immigrant is in the wrong place at the wrong time and get accused of committing a crime or being in a gang, there’s not much that they can do to avoid being