When Trump officially took office, he made it pretty clear that he will make a lot of changes. One of those changes involves the phasing out of DACA or the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program which was introduced and made possible by former president Barack Obama. This program was meant to provide amnesty and some privileges for undocumented immigrants who came to the country while they were still young. It was officially formed in 2012 and it turns out that there are almost 800,000 immigrants who will be affected by this if ever the president continues to phase it all out.
The members of Senate, as well as some of the members of the House, are definitely torn between the decisions of the new administration. Some of them are currently working on bills that would help protect the undocumented immigrants once DACA gets completely out of the picture. They are not the only ones though, because some lawmakers from California are actually working on some cases that would help students with their immigration cases.
$21 Million Legal Aid
There are now more than a thousand immigration cases that are being handled by the University of California lawyers, and this is to help some of the students as well as their families because of what has been going on in the immigration in the United States, and that includes the fall of DACA.
There is now $21 million that will be granted for the sake of the legal aid once Governor Jerry Brown signed the two proposed bills. All of this money will then go some programs that help immigrants just like the UC San Diego’s Undocumented Student Services Center and according to their coordinator Daniel Alfaro, this service center focuses on helping students apply for a residency or even a citizenship so they don’t need to be deported. They are also helping them renew their DACA.
He explained how they are basically helping these students to be the people that would contribute to the society by letting their immigration status be all fixed and that they wouldn’t need to worry about it constantly and just focus on their studies. Once they’re done with school, they also must be given fair career opportunities just like everybody else.
Their service center does not just help students fix their documents, they are also offering a food pantry and even housing for their families. Alfaro explained how having a stable mind means they have a good mental health, but with stress, these students wouldn’t be able to focus on their academic responsibilities.
We cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country. When somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no Judges or Court Cases, bring them back from where they came. Our system is a mockery to good immigration policy and Law and Order. Most children come without parents…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 24, 2018
They currently have 400 students in the United States who are studying while living here illegally. Which is why this year, they will no give the diplomas to the students at different UC campuses, that way their families wouldn’t need to go through immigration checkpoints just to witness them graduate.
Trump Thoughts On Immigration Bill
Meanwhile, some members of the House have been working on passing an immigration bill to help and protect undocumented immigrants with DACA being threatened. However, United States President Donald Trump posted a tweet last Monday wherein he stated that the members of the House, who are definitely Republicans, must now stop what they are trying to do since they are basically just wasting everyone’s time on focusing on the immigration.
The day before he tweeted this, the president posted another tweet wherein he stated that illegal immigrants must never be allowed to invade the country. Trump even explained how when someone, whoever it may be, comes into the US illegally, must be deported at once. No more wasting time with judges or court cases, just sending them back would suffice.
The president believes that it is indeed a mock to the immigration policy of the country to let these people in. He even explained how it is very unfair for those other people in the other nations who spend so much money, time and effort, to get their visas approved since they are following the right process. They are the ones who deserve to be in the country, so why protect these illegal immigrants.
….Our Immigration policy, laughed at all over the world, is very unfair to all of those people who have gone through the system legally and are waiting on line for years! Immigration must be based on merit – we need people who will help to Make America Great Again!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 24, 2018
This is not the very first time the president has expressed his opinions regarding the illegal immigration problem the US is currently facing. In fact, he is looking into building a $25 billion wall on the southern borders, in order to prevent people from illegally crossing the borders.