Sciences Research Assignemnt Paper On The Dreamers

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The dreamers
Introduction
The issue of immigrants has recently caused a lot of debate in America. Dreamers are the young people in America who came into the country illegally through their parents. The young people have grown up in America, and there was a debate on whether they should be deported or not. 740,000 of whom signed up for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) which protects them temporarily from deportation. The act describes them as children who were brought into the country illegally by their parents under the age of 16 years and have been in the country continuously for five years and at the same time are below the age of 35. The act would protect people if there were any false entries made during application in its section seven. At the same time, dreamers have to attain a high school diploma or a GED which can be done online and off-campus. There is no English language requirement and no indication that they must graduate from college. The requirements state that they have to spend at least two years in a four-year college or serve a minimum of two years in the military. It also states that they can be ex-convicts and still eligible for the program (Gonzales, Terriquez and Ruszczyk 1852-1872). They will, however, have to renew their papers after every two years. The primary goal of the dreamers is to ensure that they are allowed citizenship and the privileges that citizens are allowed. Another goal is to make sure that they are granted equal opportunities, especially in education and recognized as American citizens since they have grown up knowing America as their only home. The bill, however, was just an agreement between the Obama administration and the homeland department and is not a law as it was not passed by Congress (Pope 98-114).
Collective identity
As earlier stated these people have grown up knowing America to be their home and in this sense, they have adapted to American cultures all over the country. This is one reason that qualifies them to be recognized as citizens. The Obama administration made this bill to concentrate in the criminal immigrants as these people have committed no crimes and are working towards the American dream which they have adopted. Deporting these people would not be fair since their families are in the US and they have nobody to go home to. It would also be difficult to adapt to the new cultures they get back home.
Media influence and role
The freedom of the media in the country has allowed media houses to extensively report on the issue. They shed light on what is happening with the bill. Recently an article by the media giant CNN helped clarify what some people against the bill did not realize. For instance, it states that analysts argue that the president cannot pardon the dreamers because the issue of immigration is a civil matter and not federal crimes which the president can pardon. It also states that the Supreme Court has never specifically looked into the issues of pardoning civil offenses by the president (Reyes, para, 4). The media has played a great role in letting people know how the bill is going to affect them. The media can be used as a tool to influence people to lobby against the deportation of the m...