ENGL: 1302

26 March 2019

The Immigrated Youth and the American Youth
Cuicahua, Victor. “’Dreamer’: DACA Changed Everything for Me. Removing It Would Be A

Mistake.” 05 Sept. 2017. Print. Accessed 19 March 2019.

In Victor Cuicahua’s opinion editorial, “’Dreamer’: DACA Changed Everything for Me. Removing It Would Be a Mistake,” Cuicahua discusses the effects of removing DACA. He claims that DACA enabled him to come to the US and earn an education but removing DACA makes it harder for him and others like him to continue their lives and achieve the American Dream through education and employment. He also claims that removing DACA would cause the US economy to lose a substantial amount of their revenue and GDP. I agree with his statement that removing DACA makes it hard for undocumented immigrants to live their lives and would substantially decrease federal government revenue and GDP. I believe that the fate of DACA in fact, does not only concern the recipients, but it also concerns the US as a whole. I intend to use this opinion editorial in my research paper “The Immigrated Youth and The American Youth” to provide the audience with how removing DACA would affect America and its recipients.

“Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 Mar. 2019,

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferred_Action_for_Childhood_Arrivals. Accessed 19 March 2019.

In the open-web article, Wikipedia.com reviews the basics of DACA and its history. Wikipedia.com states that DACA stands for the “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and is an American Immigration policy” that simply allows individuals that came here as children, temporary, unlawful presence in the US. According to Wikipedia.com DACA also allows its recipients a renewable two-year period protection from deportation. Wikipedia.com’s over goal of discussing DACA is to state that these individuals may allow them the ability to work and earn an education through the ability to stay in the US and earn a work permit. I agree with their statement that DACA may allow the individuals a chance at employment and possibly education because the recipients are able to continue their lives here in America. I intend to use this open-web article in my research paper “The Immigrated Youth and The American Youth” in order to provide some general information and background of DACA.

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina, and Francisca Antman. “Schooling and Labor Market Effects of

Temporary Authorization: Evidence from DACA.” Journal of Population Economics,

vol. 30, no. 1, Jan. 2017, pp. 339–373. Print. Accessed 19 March 2019.

In Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Francisca Antman’s scholarly article, “Schooling and

labor market effects of temporary authorization: evidence from DACA” they analyze youths that met the DACA schooling requirement, specifically what they choose, school or work. Antman and Amuedo-Dorantes state that most of these individuals that have met the schooling requirement, choose to join the workforce instead of enrolling in school. Their overall claim is that with the ability to have a 2-year period of deferred action of deportation, many of these recipients choose to join the workforce instead of enrolling in school. Therefore, I agree with their claim, and I believe that these recipients choose to join the workforce instead of enrolling in school because the enrolling in school is far too expensive for DACA recipients. However, I believe this trend may change if schools decrease the prices of attending. Overall, I intend to use this article in my research paper “The Immigrated Youth and The American Youth” to inform the audience what DACA recipients choose to do with their renewable 2-year period of deferred action.

Hsin, Amy, and Francesc Ortega. “The Effects of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on the

Educational Outcomes of Undocumented Students.” Demography, vol. 55, no. 4, Aug.

2018, pp. 1487–1506. Print. Accessed 19 March 2019.

In Amy Hsin’s scholarly article, “The Effects of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on the Educational Outcomes of Undocumented Students,” Hsin analyzes the educational outcomes of DACA. She states that DACA puts joining the work force over enrolling in education, not only because of the pricing but also because of DACA being a work program. She also states that many schools have a hard time accommodating for students who work. Her overall claim is that with DACA being temporary and with a chance for it to end, barriers for education are created. With that said, she believes that the American Dream becomes much less attainable. I agree with her overall claim because with the pricing and accommodation of these schools, it is hard for DACA recipients to earn an education, and instead must rely on an easily attainable job. Taking all this into considera