DACA Program Research Paper

The Removal of the DACA Program Despite allowing Americans to prosper a little, removing the DACA program will have more of a disastrous effect on the U.S by damaging the economy and ruining thousands of lives of these “Dreamers.” As president Trump vows, “We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders, and we will bring back our dreams,” he wants to remove the DACA program, which has protected thousands of immigrants from deportation. To make America great again, Trump wants to send back these immigrants, believing that this would allow Americans to obtain jobs. With the immigrants gone, the unemployed citizens will finally have a chance to hold a job. With more Americans on the job, it could also bring up a sense of national pride because Americans are doing their own jobs, but is it even worth it? Will all the Americans even be accepted into the job? Going through a practice interview at my internship, it seems that people will most likely hire those who would be cheaper. During the interview the boss and I had talked about on how he would choose who is good enough to work. Then I asked a question, if the person was okay with being underpaid and competed …show more content…
Taking out this program will hurt the economy because 91% of the DACA recipients are already employed. If we were to remove these people, the economy will be greatly damaged because of the sudden disappearance of the labor force, causing the employers to look for more workers that might not even do the job.If, lets say, a farmer cannot find someone to help farm the crops, the food production will go down. In addition, the U.S would have to send back 800,000 undocumented immigrants, costing a great deal of wealth. For example, sending back the illegal immigrants could reduce the size of the U.S economy by $280 billion to $430 billion in the next