Without DACA in the United States, undocumented immigrants face extreme difficulties when trying to obtain higher education. According to a study performed by the Center for American Progress, thirty-six percent of respondents to a survey reported that they were able to obtain a Bachelor’s degree or higher because of DACA. Along with that, forty-five percent of the respondents were in school at the time, and seventy-two percent of them were pursuing a Bachelor’s degree or higher. (Peri 1). Without DACA, a great majority of the respondents would have only been able to attend high school, if that. Many of the Dreamers that are able to attend a university are the first generation of their family to do so, and are able to help provide for their
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While the immigrants are taking job opportunities that the citizens are not, they are still a working part of the economy. As Truax puts it, “The work performed by undocumented immigrants is now a firmly enriched and even essential part of the nation’s economy…”(Truax 32). The argument that the workers are taking all the jobs is invalid as well, because in 2017, there were six million unfilled job positions, and six and a half million unemployed people (Peri 1). This would suggest that there are a great many job positions that are open to be filled, but simply are not, leading to the idea that the undocumented immigrants are not taking all the jobs that are available to the United States citizens. Sophia Cole explains that immigration actually benefits capital return, and the overall income of all people is boosted by immigrants working. She also states that even if immigrants come to the United States with nothing, investments and domestic savings would rise (Cole 1). The economy in the United States is currently dependent upon, and benefitting from having undocumented workers as a part of the …show more content…
2018, undocu.berkeley.edudaca-frequently-asked-questions/. Accessed 11 April 2018.
Goetz, Kaomi. “Dreams Put on Hold as Rural Immigrants Wait for DACA News.” Rewire, Twin Cities PBS, 6 Apr. 2018, www.rewire.org/our-future/rural-immigrants-daca/. Accessed 11 2018.
Peri, Giovanni. “The Economic Cost of Repealing DACA.” Econofact, Edward R. Murrow Center for a Digital World, 12 Sept. 2017, econofact.org/the-economic-cost-of-repealing- daca. Accessed 11 April 2018.
Svajlenka, Nicole Prchal, etal. “A New Threat to DACA Could Cost States Billions of Dollars.” Center for American Progress, Center for American Progress, 21 July 2017, www. americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/news/2017/07/21/436419/new-threat-daca-cost- states-billions-dollars/. Accessed 11 April 2018.
Truax, Eileen. Dreamers: an Immigrant Generation’s Fight for Their American Dream. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2015.
Venkataramani, Atheendar S, and and Alexander C Tsai. “Dreams Deferred-The Public Health Consequences of Rescinding DACA|NEJM.” New England Journal of Medicine, Massachusetts Medical Society, 2 Nov. 2017, www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056| NEJMp1711416. Accessed 11 April
While the immigrants are taking job opportunities that the citizens are not, they are still a working part of the economy. As Truax puts it, “The work performed by undocumented immigrants is now a firmly enriched and even essential part of the nation’s economy…”(Truax 32). The argument that the workers are taking all the jobs is invalid as well, because in 2017, there were six million unfilled job positions, and six and a half million unemployed people (Peri 1). This would suggest that there are a great many job positions that are open to be filled, but simply are not, leading to the idea that the undocumented immigrants are not taking all the jobs that are available to the United States citizens. Sophia Cole explains that immigration actually benefits capital return, and the overall income of all people is boosted by immigrants working. She also states that even if immigrants come to the United States with nothing, investments and domestic savings would rise (Cole 1). The economy in the United States is currently dependent upon, and benefitting from having undocumented workers as a part of the …show more content…
2018, undocu.berkeley.edudaca-frequently-asked-questions/. Accessed 11 April 2018.
Goetz, Kaomi. “Dreams Put on Hold as Rural Immigrants Wait for DACA News.” Rewire, Twin Cities PBS, 6 Apr. 2018, www.rewire.org/our-future/rural-immigrants-daca/. Accessed 11 2018.
Peri, Giovanni. “The Economic Cost of Repealing DACA.” Econofact, Edward R. Murrow Center for a Digital World, 12 Sept. 2017, econofact.org/the-economic-cost-of-repealing- daca. Accessed 11 April 2018.
Svajlenka, Nicole Prchal, etal. “A New Threat to DACA Could Cost States Billions of Dollars.” Center for American Progress, Center for American Progress, 21 July 2017, www. americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/news/2017/07/21/436419/new-threat-daca-cost- states-billions-dollars/. Accessed 11 April 2018.
Truax, Eileen. Dreamers: an Immigrant Generation’s Fight for Their American Dream. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2015.
Venkataramani, Atheendar S, and and Alexander C Tsai. “Dreams Deferred-The Public Health Consequences of Rescinding DACA|NEJM.” New England Journal of Medicine, Massachusetts Medical Society, 2 Nov. 2017, www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056| NEJMp1711416. Accessed 11 April