The Pros And Cons Of Deferred Action

Dreamers should be able to dream of a better life without the fear being kicked to the curb. What does DACA, Deferred Action for Children Arrival, do? Deferred action is a use of prosecutorial discretion to defer removal action against an individual for a certain period of time. Deferred action does not provide lawful status (USCIS). It allows undocumented children brought over the United States border illegally to request a deferred action if they meet the requirements. Although they may be approved for a deferred action, they will not receive lawful status in the United States. They can also be eligible to get a job if the receive work authorization. Through executive fiat President Obama implemented DACA in 2010 when congress would not

So, the removal of not only those illegally in the Unites States but the DACA recipients as well, would have a majorly negative impact on the economy of the United States. When they buy a vehicle or a home they are putting money back into the United States economy. With about 65 percent of DACA recipients responding that had purchased a vehicle, roughly $16,469 was the average cost (Wong). That in part contributes to the state revenue through sales tax and other fees such as vehicle registration and title fees, and business who insure those vehicles (Wong). Those who responded to a survey in 2017 shows roughly 16 percent of DACA recipients purchased a home, and those who are 25 years or older bring the percentage up to 24 (Wong). Not only does that bring revenue to local economies it also include the creation of jobs (Wong). Allowing them to stay would not hurt the economy but allow the economy of the united to continue to grow. There also businesses who allow DACA recipients to get a job, 72 percent of the top 25 fortune 500 hundred companies (such as Walmart, Apple, General Motors, etc.) employ those DACA recipients (Wong). Imagine if we made all those in DACA leave it would cause a huge chunk of the United States revenue to fall by an estimated 500 billion. Texas with roughly 124,300 DACA recipients and of those 108,141 are currently working

No one really wants to go live to a place they know hardly anything of. The deportation isn’t a magic to ticket to their country of origin but is payed for by the government thus taxpayers are the one who really pay for the ticket, so imagine sending 800,000 DACA recipients would cost millions. While deporting so many would cost millions or even a billion, it will happen over time as the deferred action expires for DACA recipients. The average cost of a deportee is 1,976 from figuring out who the individual is, to the holding in detention which is the main expense to finally being deported by bus or plane