Why DACA Should Not Be Removed

DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) has helped many immigrants, like myself, who came to the United States at a very young age, it gave us the opportunity to be able to get a stable job by giving us a work permit and continue pursuing our dreams. At age 5, I migrated from Mexico to Texas and since then it has been the only home I know. DACA should remain and they should let the Dreamers keep working, finish school and let them achieve their goals, at the end of the day, we are humans and deserve to make our dreams come true.

DACA allows immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children, completed or are in high school, and who have not committed a crime, to obtain work permits and have temporary protection from deportation. Every two years you need to renew it, which includes a fee of $495. As of now, they are not accepting no more new applications but those who were already under DACA can renew. The U.S. is the only country that these Dreamers know and established their lives here, and if DACA is removed they have to go back to a country that they barely know. When they apply for DACA, they do a background check to make sure you have not committed any felonies. I do not see why they do not want to keep it if every person who is under DACA contributes to the U.S.

In Conclusion, DACA has helped many immigrants have a better job and continue to pursue their dreams. If they take away DACA many of them are not going to be able to finish school and/or work in their dream job.

Source: https://www.unidosus.org/about-us/president-and-ceo/articles/defend-daca-121716

Commentary for Colleague’s Editorial

Hello Victor, I really love the topic you choose to do an editorial on, and I agree with both the reasons you stated why DACA should not be taken away. You included great arguments on why DACA should not be removed

Like you, I am one of the 800,000 DACA recipients. when I found out that Trump wants to end this program, it broke my heart into pieces. I’ve been in the US since I was five years old, and knowing that all my dad's hard work can be thrown away like nothing makes me really sad. Like you said, DACA recipients cannot apply for FAFSA, therefore most of us pay college out of pocket. In my case, I work and go to school to pay for my classes, it's hard but knowing what the outcome will be it makes me work harder.  But if DACA is removed I will not be able to make my dreams come true and will not be able to help my family. The reason our parents brought us to the US was to have a “better” life than them and without DACA we won’t be able to. DACA is not given out for free, as Victor mentioned, to be able to renew its $495 every two years. I really hope that every Dreamer gets to have the life they deserved.

              

Why Planned Parenthood Should Not Shut Down

Trump has recently put a new administration rule that forbids referrals to doctors who can perform abortions like Planned Parenthood. Places like Planned Parenthood has provided more than 1.5 million low-income women each year with services like birth control and pregnancy tests. Places like Planned Parenthood should not be closed down because there are many women who do not have much money to go to clinics and get the services they need. Abortion is not the only service that Planned Parenthood has, it helps women get screenings for sexually transmitted diseases and breast and cervical cancer. In a NY Times article, Pam Belluck states that the restriction would force physicians and clinics to withhold information from patients. It will also deny the rage of options that are available for pregnant women. As a protest, Planned Parenthood and some other organizations that received Title X funds stooped using the money until legal challenges were resolved. If Planned Parenthood shuts down teenage girls will not have many options on where to go and get birth control, pregnancy test or screenings.

Although I would never get an abortion, I do respect every women’s decision. For example, if women get raped and end up getting pregnant from it, that woman would most likely not want the keep the baby because it will remind her where it came from, therefore every woman should be able to have all the options that are necessary. Like I stated before organizations like Planned parenthood offers more than just abortions. If they go down nobody will help low-income women and around 2.4 million patients will lose access to care.