We are all humans. We all deserve rights. We all have dreams that we want to follow and achieve. The DACA program should still be available for these young immigrants. These young immigrants must have clean records and get an education to apply for jobs like the rest of us. These young dreamers have come... Continue Reading →
A UMD organization called PLUMAS, the Political Latinx United for Movement and Action in Society, is using funds raised from a gala to help UMD students in the DACA program to pay for their renewal fees. They also provide one academic scholarship from the funding. The first Dream Gala was held in February 2017. In... Continue Reading →
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 →
What are the benefits of DACA? Attorney General Jeff Sessions claimed that the DACA program is pushing Americans out of work. Opponents of DACA contend that legalization will come at a cost to U.S.-born workers. They claim that U.S.-born workers’ well-beings should be prioritized. However, immigrants are not taking the jobs of Americans. The University... Continue Reading →
As previously stated, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and the Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act) are for minors who entered the country illegally, and allow them to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation. Thus, allowing students to stay and reach their educational potential. As learned in a Digital Media and... Continue Reading →
DACA and DREAMERS: The Road to Citizenship 