DACA Literature Review

LITERATURE REVIEW: Since Trump’s announcement of putting DACA on hiatus, there has been a sufficient amount of research on how citizens and immigrants feel about DACA and how the program influences the American economy. These immigrants contribute to the US economy through purchases and DACA payments. The program allows immigrants to receive a work permit and go to school. Approximately 30,000 immigrants every month would lose their work permits as their DACA status expires (Schoen 2017). DACA has allowed participants the opportunity to attend universities; though, without DACA, colleges are having a problem with admitting DACA students. Some public colleges and universities are adopting the term “sanctuary”. Sanctuary schools are schools which accept illegal immigrants and refuse to cooperate with immigration agents. Northern Illinois University refused to approve the term sanctuary because they believed by adopting the term, the school would give students a false sense of protection against the government. For private schools, the decision to become a sanctuary school is also difficult (Moretti 2007). By accepting . Since these colleges and universities are going against the government, they are at risk of losing financial aid (Wong et al. …show more content…
Life in Limbo an Immigrant Teen: Deferred Dreams discussed how without DACA, education beyond grades k-12 is relatively unattainable. Author, Amy Frykholm, interviewed a young DACA recipient, Brayhan Reveles, and his family on how life without DACA impacts high school students. Brayhan is a high school sophomore, hoping to go to college to become part of America’s political system. Unfortunately, without DACA though, Brayhan cannot go to college or pursue a career he is passionate about because he will not have the resources to do so. Without DACA, students are unable to apply for college or receive in-state