Pros And Cons Of The DREAM Act

The second way the DREAM Act benefits American security is that it gives immigration and border security experts the ability “to focus on those who pose a serious threat to our nation’s security” (Miranda). In other words, the DREAM Act “provides a firm but fair way to deal with innocent children” brought by their parents and frees these experts to focus on “detaining and deporting criminals” and other threats (Miranda). In other words, those individuals responsible for securing the country’s borders have better guidelines for dealing with detainment and deportment situations in a more efficient and just way. This is another context for the use of DACA. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can make just decisions using DACA that can help …show more content…
Providing children of immigrants with the legal status and educational opportunities are the much needed steps, however, they will not solve the variety of problems that such children face during their life course. While these steps help to challenge the institutional inequality between immigrant and non-immigrant children, the policy will not solve the problem of the deeply entrenched stereotypes about children of immigrants that influence their future life courses. Namely, equal opportunities do not always lead to equity. Because of their ethnic background and the social status of their families, children of immigrants are likely to become the subjects to discrimination, even despite their good education. For instance, it has been shown that racial discrimination plays a role in the hiring process. The study of employment discrimination in upscale restaurants, conducted by Bendick, Rodriguez, and Jayarman (2010) revealed that discrimination practices can often be followed unconsciously. This thus demonstrates that racial bias are often unconsciously embedded in individual’s attitudes, and the DREAM Act is not likely to challenge this