DACA WAS A GOOD POLICY
The front page story on the Miami Herald has a headline: "Many Dreamers Likely To Be Deported Soon". An estimated 750,000 minors who were brought to this country by their parents without proper legal status could be deported soon if the new administration follows up on plans to increase enforcement of existing deportation orders and repeal DACA.
The Obama policy of deferring deportation of "Childhood Arrivals" made sense when it was established. If you arrived before 2007 and were 16 years old or younger, in school, had graduated from high school or were honorably discharged from the military, it was decided you could stay in the country as long as you continued your good behavior.
It was thought that resources should be used to arrest and deport more aliens with serious criminal backgrounds.
DACA made no promise of citizenship. DACA required an application and payment of $495.00. The policy helped youth continue their education, enter the labor force, work and drive legally, and participate more openly in this country rather than going into the shadows.
The Obama policy of deferring deportation of "Childhood Arrivals" made sense when it was established. If you arrived before 2007 and were 16 years old or younger, in school, had graduated from high school or were honorably discharged from the military, it was decided you could stay in the country as long as you continued your good behavior.
It was thought that resources should be used to arrest and deport more aliens with serious criminal backgrounds.
DACA made no promise of citizenship. DACA required an application and payment of $495.00. The policy helped youth continue their education, enter the labor force, work and drive legally, and participate more openly in this country rather than going into the shadows.
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