Argumentative Essay On Undocumented Immigrants

Undocumented young immigrants who call the United States home remain in a constant fear of being separated from their families and lives through deportation. The Obama-era program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA,) that once shielded them has deteriorated with current President Trump’s proposed policy changes.

Under Trump’s administration, approximately eight hundred thousand young adults brought to the country illegally as children or who were born in the states, will become eligible for deportation, through the breakdown of the program Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Today, immigrants who call the United States home are being deported at an alarming rate. “You are talking about 5,000 to 10,000 kids every week losing work authorization, becoming undocumented, and being subject to immigration enforcement and deportation,” (Washington Post, 12) said Tyler Moran, managing director of the D.C. Immigration Hub.

In this paper, I will argue that young immigrant adults, currently considered to be undocumented, be given time to prove that this country is their home by utilizing the naturalization program. There will be negative consequences of the DACA repeal including brain drain, social unrest and economic impacts. Strong family and social bonds will be severed and

illegally, or born in the U.S. before 2012 to apply for a work permit, part of deferred action form deportation. Obama’s five-year old policy allowed the young adults, children of illegal immigrants, to work legally without fear of immediate removal from the country. In 2017, Trump’s administration repealed DACA but delayed implementation for six months to determine final provisions. With this new administration, America’s attitude of creating a society made up of a melting pot for the world, quickly changed as our outlook on immigration has become