DACA and the DREAMERS

In this post we will talk more specifically about what has been mentioned in these last two entries: DACA and the Dreamers.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a plan which was introduced by Barack Obama on June 15, 2012. It is a program that brings temporary protection to these immigrants without documentation who arrived to the United States when were children. Thanks to this plan, they could study or work.

Those undocumented immigrants are investigated about their past for accurate if they are a danger or not in american society. They have to be studying or have completed military service. If they achieve pass the investigation, they can't be exported until the next 2 years and they can renew this temporary documentation. This documentation permit them having driving license, college enrollment or simply, a work.

With the arrival of Donald Trump to the presidency in January 2017, this plan, like many others, saw its worst moment. Donald Trump started to say that he was going to scrap this program, to deport more than 11 millions undocumented people and to build a wall with Mexico.

But... What is the relation between DACA and the Dreamers?

Those who were protected under the plan DACA, (more than 750,000 young people) are called Dreamers. This name comes from the "Dream Act" (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors). This act offered legal residence to those undocumented immigrants. Nevertheless, this plan failed. In order to make something similar, they created DACA. 

It had been six months since the United States' president Donald Trump decided to end this program and seems to be no closer to a solution when the day arrives, March 5, when everything was supposed to be resolved.

March 5 was originally conceived as a deadline for action. When Trump ended the DACA program in September, he created a six-month delay to give Congress time to present a legislative version of the policy. So March 23 was the next deadline for government financing.

Nowadays, only those previously inscribed in the DACA program or those who didn't put American security at risk, can renew their protection.

                 "U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services"

Finally, we leave this videos that begins with the experience of an undocumented person and explains in detail the DACA program. 

    I'm a Dreamer: here is what's happening

    

      DACA Explained

We would like you to watch this video and leave a comment writing your point of view about the situation of those young people that before have a legal life, and now are undocumented.

Information from:

Walters, J. What is Daca and who are the Dreamers? The Guardian. Online: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/04/donald-trump-what-is-daca-dreamers
Greenberg, J.  Did Obama say he didn't have the right to issue DACA? Politifact. Online: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/jan/09/donald-trump/obama-hedged-didnt-say-he-lacked-legal-right-daca/
Renew your DACA. U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services. Online: https://www.uscis.gov/archive/renew-your-daca