Leslie Zuniga
October 25, 2017
Essay
Spindler The Looming Uncertainty for Dreamers Like Me
DACA stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals it was brought by president Barack Obama in 2012, it allowed immigrants to have a work permit and get a drivers licence, it let them finally know what it was like to legally work and drive. In “The Looming Uncertainty for Dreamers Like Me” by Ricardo Aca he argues that he’s in fear due to the action president Donald Trump has taken, which is, removing DACA. He then argues about not being able to get a licence, a state Id, and not being able to apply for virtually any scholarships.To back this up he uses repetition, anecdotes, as well as sadness.
This topic is highly important due to the fact
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Also, at the end of the article, he says “I personally couldn’t go back into the shadows even if I tried. But the freedom I’ve gained, and the future i have worked so hard for, could be ripped away if DACA is repealed.” At the beginning he starts off by saying he can't apply for scholarships which then gets repeated towards the …show more content…
It makes all the readers think before making a comment. As he mentioned, receiving DACA isn’t taking your blessings for granted, but it is an advantage. This advantage also comes with struggles, for example, everything you need to have in order to get accepted to receive DACA. It is a very expensive and complicated process, yet with all the money you pay, it is not guaranteed that you will get accepted. Besides money, you need to meet certain expectations like being in the U.S. before a certain point, have proof such as pictures which had to include the date and a recognizable place in the U.S such as Disneyland, letters. DACA is important not only to me but a lot of other people, including all my family members, I myself was an applicant, but as I mentioned requirements are very strict. As many people think that it will be good for the U.S. to remove it, it may also be worse, I have read before that removing it can worsen the working shortage. In my opinion, no one comes to the United States with the mindset of taking jobs away. They come with the mindset that it’ll be the be the best option for their children, or their family in