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ECON 290: Milestone 3
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zackflo
Oct 07, 2021
1) What are the rules of the organization that influenced and impacted the decision, policy, program? Originally the DREAM Act was introduced in 2001 by Representative Luis Gutierrez to the supreme court, when it first failed to pass. It was reintroduced many times over the years and failed all 5 times. Then in 2012, United States president, Barack Obama gave an executive order to implement DACA, which is the spiritual successor to DREAM. However, DACA was not meant to give immigrants a path to citizenship like the DREAM act would have. So there really wasn’t much of a vote on the policy and in fact the vote seemed highly against the bill. Goes to show the power of rebranding your ideas. They might just be forced into law by a temporary king. 2) How did the those impacted by this decision have input into the decision? The people most affected by the bill were not even able to vote. As illegal immigrants aren’t allowed to vote, even if they are over the age to vote. There was one instance when the bill was going to be repealed in 2020 but the University of California took a case to the supreme court and were able to get a rule against the recession. The university has a 20% Mexican enrollment, and it would be hard to believe that absolutely no DACA benefactors supported this case. (University of California, 2020) 3) Which groups or people are mostly impacted by these decisions or policies? The largest group impacted by the legislation are Mexicans. Out of the 590,070 applicants 476,780 of them are ethnically Mexican, that’s 82% of all applicants. (U.S. Citizenship and immigration Services, 2021) 4) What are some of the unintended consequences of these decisions or policies? One unintended consequence is that the DACA is that beneficiaries are overall in less poverty than their non-DACA counterparts. However, they are just as likely to not attend school. (University of colorado, 2016) Which is what I was afraid of being the bills underlying intent, to boost the U.S. labor market with cheap, low skill workers. But another unintended consequence is that many of those on DACA will have the ability to attain citizenship indirectly through DACA. (Grassley, 2017) References GeorgeTown Law Library . (2016). A Brief History of Civil Rights in the United States. Retrieved from GeorgeTown Law Library : https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/c.php?g=592919&p=4170929 Grassley, C. (2017, September 1). Data Indicate Unauthorized Immigrants Exploited Loophole to Gain Legal Status, Pathway to Citizenship. Retrieved from Chuck Grassley: https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/data-indicate-unauthorized-immigrants-exploited-loophole-gain-legal-status U.S. Citizenship and immigration Services. (2021, June 30). Count of active DACA Recipients. Retrieved from U.S. Citizenship and immigration Services: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/data/Active%20DACA%20Recipients%20%E2%80%93%20June%2030%2C%202021.pdf University of California. (2020). Fall enrollment at a glance. Retrieved from University of California: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/fall-enrollment-glance University of colorado. (2016, December 12). DACA curbs poverty, but lowers school attendance. Retrieved from CU Boulder Today: https://www.colorado.edu/today/2016/12/12/daca-curbs-poverty-lowers-school-attendance
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