Friday, September 8, 2017

US Congress Mulls Options for Dreamers



VOANews: US Congress Mulls Options for Dreamers

U.S. congressional leaders respond to President Donald Trump's challenge to pass legislation addressing the legal status of nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. VOA's Michael Bowman reports.
Originally published at - https://www.voanews.com/a/congress-daca/4018626.html

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LATimes: What Is DACA?
On Aug. 31, senior White House officials said President Trump was still reviewing whether to end the Obama-era program that has protected people from deportation.

LATimes: A Dreamer Has To Tell His Mom About DACA
Juan Casas loaded produce trucks on the graveyard shift, working his way through college. He earned an electrical engineering degree at Cal State L.A. and now works for an aerospace company.

VOANews: DACA Repeal to Cost U.S. Businesses, Economy Billions
The White House's decision to repeal DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, carries enormous repercussions for the nearly 800,000 beneficiaries who arrived in the U.S. as children. Over the next two years, more than 700,000 employed recipients will find themselves without a job. And for their employers, laying off a qualified workforce carries not only moral implications, but billions in lost revenue and an overall reduction in U.S. economic growth. VOA's Ramon Taylor reports.

uscitizenpod: What Makes Us American? (President Barack Obama on DACA 09/05/2017)
WATCH: https://youtu.be/KY_RyoO2imc

uscitizenpod: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals 2017 Announcement (podcast)
WATCH: https://youtu.be/WxX2ew9QkOk
LISTEN: http://traffic.libsyn.com/uscitizenpod/daca.mp3

uscitizenpod: DACA, DAPA, and Citizenship: an Interview with Kayla Ladd (rescue.org) (2016)
WATCH: https://youtu.be/BgC-cpns4Wc
LISTEN: http://traffic.libsyn.com/uscitizenpod/daca-dapa-and-citizenship.mp3

uscitizenpod: DREAMers, DACA, DAPA, and Undocumented Youth YouTube Playlist
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtyN34w6H7y6SeR1YhMMboMxMNT5knnIw

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