All They Want is a Better Life

-
It has made major news lately that DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), a program initiated by president Obama back in his term, is coming to an abrupt end. First, here is some official background information from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website accompanied by a video explaining the process:

What Is DACA
On June 15, 2012, the Secretary of Homeland Security announced that certain people who came to the United States as children and meet several guidelines may request consideration of deferred action for a period of two years, subject to renewal. They are also eligible for work authorization. Deferred action is a use of prosecutorial discretion to defer removal action against an individual for a certain period of time. Deferred action does not provide lawful status.



DACA is a program that has made it eligible for non-resident/citizen people under the age of 31 to live, study and work in the United States whereas before they were subject to deportation immediately. Through this, nearly 800,000 children and young adults have had a shot at a more promising future in the United States and have been able to work and advance their academic career.

However, with the establishment Trump in office, he has announce that he will remove DACA unless Congress can come up with a solution that is 'constitutional'. By ending this policy, he is robbing hundreds of thousands of people the promised right to work and reside here legally. Ending this program is cruel because it encouraged dreamers to step out of the shadows and chase the long-sought-after "American Dream". These people have put trust in the country and the program, only to have it stripped from them and now be punished for it.

Members of Congress have publicly and privately called on the administration to preserve the program long enough for a legislative fix, but until a solution has been found, these people will live in utter fear of being deported to a country they don't even know or remember.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
It has come to my attention that many people are not aware of this problem. I encourage everyone to look into and advocate in some way for the sake of justice. As someone with a close friend back home who is able to stay here because of this program, it breaks my heart to see such a cruel act performed by our president. To any Dreamers reading this, I applaud your resiliency and I have you in my prayers. 

Comments

  1. AnonymousOctober 26, 2017 at 10:56 PM

    Aye Myat Mon
    Anthony,
    The issue you described sounds incredibly unfair and unfortunate. What do you think Trump's purpose was for removing DACA? What do you think of that purpose/goal? What forms of civil disobedience have been done to protest against this ?

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownDecember 4, 2017 at 4:13 AM

    It would be intresting to see what forms of civil disobedience have been taken against this and what ethenicities were involved in the protest, also why is this law considerd 'unconstituional'?

    ReplyDelete
  3. Nick MehlmanDecember 7, 2017 at 7:20 AM

    I think it is interesting to see how a govement policy like this can have such profound person impacts on people lives? Do you think there is a disconnect between political figures and the individuals who are most effected by these decisions?

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Timeline of Controversy (Blog Post #2)

-
Image
"The idea that these lyrics could be deemed objectionable is extremely hurtful to me, and misleading. The song in fact is about the pain of prejudice and hate and is a way to draw attention to social and political problems. I am the voice of the accused and the attacked. I am the voice of everyone. I am the skinhead, I am the Jew, I am the black man, I am the white man. I am not the one who was attacking. It is about the injustices to young people and how the system can wrongfully accuse them. I am angry and outraged that I could be so misinterpreted." (Source here) Time and time again, especially in the social media universe we are surrounded in, biases and prejudices in the legal system tend to arise. Then notion of Michael's song, though often misconstrued or forgotten, is that government negligence and hateful, prejudice peoples are on the rise. The world is falling into a era where minorities are targeted while hate and poverty plagues the world. Ironically ...
Read more

A Journey through Argument

-
Writing 150 was a class that I must admit I was a little anxious to take. With thoughts like "the class is rigged" and "the prompts are difficultly broad and worded" circulating through my head, I gre nervous of what to expect. However, to my surprise I began to recognize the importance of Writing and this class to the development of collegiate scholarship. I would learn lessons that can not only be used in the academic aspects of my life but the social and ethical areas as well. The foundational takeaway from this course for me is the idea that as writers and members of our various communities, we are constantly creating arguments about who we are and the ideas we feel passionately for. This was especially true in the workshops where we focused on developing writing skills to best become masters of rhetoric. In every skill or tactic we use in our writing, we are saying something about ourselves and our point of view in writing. Learning how to center arguments th...
Read more

It Doesn't Matter If You're Black or White or LATINO

-
"The contradictions, hypocrisies and lies of the history of the nation provoked a certain anger. There was the obvious social injustice of living in the country as Chicanos and Mexicanos, all being programmed to become laborers. None of us were being programmed to enter college. There was a realization that the drop-out rate was not our own failure, but that of the system which preprogrammed us. The failure on our part was we bought into it, and we accepted that was all we could do" - Moctesuma Esparza   A healthy and well nourished upbringing during early childhood is crucial to positively developing the future adults and leaders of the nation. The inequities seen in the East Los Angeles School Districts in the dawn of the Civil Rights era of the 1960s emphasized the need for change. Much of the Civil Rights battle up to this time has been seen from and black and white lens, failing to capture the injustices to Latinos (especially in urban locations). In trying to obt...
Read more