“DACA has enabled almost 800,000 eligible young adults to work lawfully, attend school, and plan their lives without the constant threat of deportation, usually to an unfamiliar country.”
-American Immigration Council
“These Dreamers are Americans in their hearts, in their minds, in every single way but one: on paper. They were brought to this country by their parents, sometimes even as infants. They may not know a country besides ours. They may not even know a language besides English. They often have no idea they're undocumented until they apply for a job, or college, or a driver's license...This is about whether we are a people who kick hopeful young strivers out of America, or whether we treat them the way |
“The decades-long failure of Washington, D.C. to enforce federal immigration law has had both predictable and tragic consequences: lower wages and higher unemployment for American workers, substantial burdens on local schools and hospitals, the illicit entry of dangerous drugs and criminal cartels, and many billions of dollars a year in costs paid for by U.S. taxpayers. Before we ask what is fair to illegal immigrants, we must also ask what is fair to American families, students, taxpayers, |
“Due to federal court orders, USCIS has resumed accepting requests to renew a grant of deferred action under DACA. USCIS is not accepting requests from individuals who have never before been granted deferred action under DACA.”
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, January 2018
“When I heard that DACA was being eliminated, I was afraid of not being able to do something
in the future with my degree because I have seen many videos of people
that could possibly lose their jobs if DACA is eliminated.”
“Unfortunately, I’m almost heading into my senior year and almost applying to universities and colleges but the fact that DACA will be taken away it worries me to not have the chance to get financial aid or even be able to have a career with my profession.” |
“I believe that we deserve an opportunity because we have not done anything wrong for them to take our opportunities away. We are doing all these sacrifices to make a better world and improve the future generations.” |
“In the future I might not be able to achieve my goals of being a police officer or being a teacher.”
“American gatekeeping and immigration policy will undoubtedly remain central issues facing
not only the United States but the world in the twenty-first century.”
- Erika Lee, author of At America's Gates