Essays on DACA

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, more commonly referred as DACA, is a policy that allows people brought to the U.S. as children to receive a permit that renews every two years. This permit shields them from deportation and allows them obtain a work permit. However,...

The overall literature that has been written on individuals qualifying for DACA (Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals) have covered a conglomerate of topics relating to the life experience of these undocumented individuals, including the educational experience of these students in higher education, the challenges and...

President Barack Obama enacted DACA by executive order in 2012. DACA stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. It was put in place to protect children under the age of 16 who were brought to the United States by their family illegally before June 2007....

Donald Trump’s election to the U.S. presidency brought anger, hate, and fear for immigrants and American citizens. One of the biggest issues in Trump’s presidency is his immigration policy. In September 2017, Trump rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This program was...

When Barack Obama was elected President of the United States in 2008, one of the biggest conveniences for many immigrants was Obama’s promise to reform America’s immigration system. Although it can be argued that Mr. Obama did not make a big enough impact on the...

How can the United States government give free health care to those who are here illegally, when there are so many U.S. citizens today that are without health care. In the article ‘New York will guarantee Medicaid for Dreamers no matter what happens in Washington’...

‘Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists” (Franklin D. Roosevelt). For many years immigration has been a controversial topic, despite the fact that most of us are either immigrants or descendants of immigrants. Unless...

How can the United States government give free health care to those who are here illegally, when there are so many U. S. citizens today that are without health care? In the article ‘New York will guarantee Medicaid for Dreamers no matter what happens in...

DACA stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Many DACA recipients fates are hanging by a thread. Politicians ramble and fight over the topic. It is an uphill battle for many DACA participants. Many of the DACA users are 16 to 36 years old. Many...