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March 5, 2018 "DACA's March 5 'deadline' marks only inaction" By Tal Kopan This article is overall about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. It talks about how now six months after Donald Trump moved to end the program there is still no resolution from Congress. March 5th was going to be the deadline for Congress to come up with a legislative version of the policy. In September of 2017, Donald Trump moved to end DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program), which is a program that protected undocumented immigrants from deportation. Donald Trump gave Congress a six months delay to Congress so they could come up with a legislative version of the policy. Now March 5 Congress has not been able to pass a legislative version of the policy. Also, the Department of Homeland Security was going to renew any two-year DACA permits until March 5, So starting March 5 DACA permits started expiring for good. Now young undocumented immigrants are unprotected. March 23 is when the next government funding deadline, but sources say that it will be almost impossible for Congress to come up with a compromise unless one side is willing to change their votes. This is because most votes in favor for DACA have been 150 - 170 & about 218 votes would be required for DACA to pass again. This leaves dreamers out of the loop of what might happen to there future, dreamers have been protesting to advocate for there cause. This event happened in the United States of America. This event started in September of 2017 but is starting to pick up now. This happened because of Donald Trump moving to cancel the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Donald Trump moved to cancel DACA because he has never agreed with immigration laws/ accepting immigrants. He never approved of previous President Obama passing this policy. This is because he thinks illegal immigrants are lawbreakers who hurt native-born Americans by usurping their jobs and pushing down wage. I think that it is not fair for DACA to be put to an end, this is because DACA covers young immigrants who came to this country at a very young age and America is all they know. Most dreamers are in rolled into colleges and are living successful lives and helping our economy. DACA should not be put to an end because there are many families that will be separated. I will comment on Angeli's Blog Hyperlink and Stacy's blog Hyperlink.
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stacy mendez
3/5/2018 05:59:42 pm
I strongly agree with you when you said it’s not fair to end DACA. Personally for me, our president isn’t the best man......actually he isn’t even a good president. It’s so unfair that these young people are scared and worried that they won’t have this great education that most of us are allowed to have. I don’t agree with our president to end DACA but it makes me happy that my own kind of people and others are fighting for it and they won’t quit. good job on your post, loved how you chosed to talk about this problem.
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Angeli
3/7/2018 10:17:24 pm
I can see that through your point of view, you are very passionate about this topic. I agree with your statements, there needs to be more action taken by the congress. It's not fair that DACA which was a haven for a lot of recent immigrants, is now being taken away.
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Leslie
3/8/2018 10:07:55 pm
I think this is a very important topic to discuss and bring awareness. I also agree with you that it is unfair to these individuals that have built a life here, are now vulnerable to the government. Individuals who had no choice or say to come this country should not be held responsible. Great job expressing your opinion!
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