On April 17th, 2018, NPR published an interview between one of their interviewers, Emily Green, and a Dreamer who decided to return to his native country. Children brought to the United States who stay through the security of DACA are voluntarily returning home to be with their parents and families. A Dreamer, Noe Martinez, came... Continue Reading →
Affirmative: Americans are Americans are Americans
DACA Dreamers belong in the United States. Dreamers work and attend college, paying required taxes that amount to an estimated 2 billion dollars in state and local taxes per year. Sending any Dreamer back to a country they are, many times, not familiar with is unfair and even dangerous. Many DACA recipients are in the... Continue Reading →
THE DREAM ISN’T DEAD
March 5, 2018 was supposed to be the terrible day. President Trump declared that date as the last day that DACA will be in legislation. "DACA is dead" is what President Trump posted in an angry rampage on twitter. Well, frankly, it's not. More than 55,000 DACA initial and renewal applications were approved in the first three... Continue Reading →
ONCE AN IMMIGRANT, ALWAYS A DREAMER: Refutation
President Trump has made numerous headlines for demanding the building of the border wall if the American people do not want to see DACA dismantled. Although DACA is an effective plan for DREAMERS to live, work, and study in the U.S., the cost of the border wall dividing Mexico and the U.S. would cost an... Continue Reading →