- Question
What are the positions on DACA and Dreamers?
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is an immigration policy law esetablished in 2012 which allows some children of unlawful presence in the United States to temporarily delay deportation and gives them work authorization. Recently, DACA is extensively debated. What are all the positions and opinions on DACA?
DACA should remain and expand
This position holds that DACA should remain in place and expand. It argues the programme benefits both young immigrants—the 'Dreamers'—and the United States, increasing diversity and boosting the economy, and contends that eliminating it would be morally wrong.
DACA should be eliminated
This position holds that DACA — the programme protecting undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children — should be eliminated. It argues that DACA harms the US economy, was created without proper legal authority, and could reshape the political landscape in ways its critics oppose.