HOUSTON, Texas. – The road to lawful permanent resident status, which means having a green card, is full of obstacles for beneficiaries of Deferred Action (DACA), according to a new analysis by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy in Houston.
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“Many of the youth eligible for IF They have lived in the US for most of their lives, they have parents who have struggled to give them a future in the country and they know of no other home.
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However, with no status in the US and nowhere else to turn, they are forced to live in constant fear of the imminent threat of deportation, ”wrote Catherine Glazer, a consultant at the Baker Institute, author of the article.
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The materialization of a dream
More than 250,000 U.S. citizens have at least one parent who is a DACA recipient, according to the source.
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Citizenship: a quick fix for dreamers
“With its record of being productive, working, studying, and protecting the US through military service, as well as its promise of growth to accomplish much more, illegal entry into the US should be overlooked. and allowing them to fulfill this dream would not be a form of forgiveness; it would be a rational solution to a unique situation, “wrote Glazer.
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President Joe Biden announced a plan to maintain and even expand the DACA program in a memorandum on his first day in office, but Glazer argues that he should achieve such goals through “swift and unequivocal” executive orders.
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Level playing field for dreamers
“Since ‘Dreamers’ are immigrants who are probably already fluent in English, have studied in the US, and are working as workers in many sectors, it is in the best interest of the country to grant them, at the very least, immediate status and a path to citizenship, which would be equal conditions on US soil that have been won, “said the specialist.
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“If the next administration begins a new year and a new era putting this momentum in place, the ‘Dreamers’ they will finally be able to wake up from what has been, for many of them, a nightmare and see their dreams come true: a full life in the United States with permanent status, ”added Glazer.
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The document is the first in a series on immigration funded by the Charles Koch Foundation.
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