The Supreme Court’s Recent Ruling on DACA
March 1, 2018
This past Monday the Supreme Court denied to hear President Trump’s administration appeal on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). This ruling allows DACA recipients more time in the United States and for Congress to come up with a solution that both houses and Senate will approve. When Trump repealed DACA recipients from being able to stay in the United States legally, 800,000 people were pulled out of it and deemed at risk for deportation. President Trump gave Congress until Mar. 5 to resolve a new system that will benefit both DACA recipients and Americans.
When Congress had come up with a solution back in January, it required that DACA recipients to follow specific guidelines and a profit benefiting Trump’s border patrolled wall. The Senate had denied the proposition and resulted in the government shutdown.
All across the country many supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals have protested and caused a roar cry for those who were bought into the United States unknowingly. DACA recipients are now known as “Dreamers” that range mostly in the youth that live in the United States. They have gotten recognition from the media and have been interviewed by various news channels.
Senior Gisselle Guerrero shares her perspective on the DACA situation in the United States: “I think DACA should be a federal law rather than an executive order by the President because Trump has easily put all of these people’s lives at risk, when he said was going to repeal the DACA program.” She then shared what she hopes for these upcoming months, saying that “I hope Congress makes the correct decision because the DACA recipients are acting as respectful citizens in the United States but aren’t treated like it politically or socially by the government.”