{"id":22958,"date":"2020-05-13T17:53:04","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T21:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=22958"},"modified":"2020-05-14T10:21:53","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T14:21:53","slug":"misleading-claims-daca-health-care-workers-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/05\/13\/misleading-claims-daca-health-care-workers-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"The Misleading Claims Regarding DACA Health Care Workers Amid COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The role of health care professionals in the United States during the COVID-19 outbreak cannot be understated. Their front-line work has saved and treated hundreds of thousands of Americans as the country remains the epicenter <\/a>of the disease. Without the assistance and dedication from these workers, our nation would be in much worse shape today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among these healthcare workers are\napproximately 29,000<\/a> Deferred Action for\nChildhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. In recent months, the corporate media<\/a> and open borders lobby have\ndepicted these individuals as crucial figures in the fight against coronavirus.\nAnd with the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruling on the legality\nof the Trump administration\u2019s plan to terminate DACA in the coming weeks<\/a>, these\ngroups have alluded that it would be unjust to deport this group.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But should SCOTUS rule against this\nprogram, would the United States lose its ability to effectively fight against\nthe disease and should the DACA population fear immediate deportation? Or\nshould this population be rewarded with amnesty for their service? Let\u2019s break\nit down.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While at first glance 29,000 DACA\nmedical professionals appears to be a significant figure, it remains miniscule\nin comparison to the 14.8 million<\/a> health care professionals in\nthe country. In fact, DACA medical professionals represent a mere 0.2 percent\nof the nation\u2019s medical worker professionals. Thus, it is extremely misleading\nfor the corporate media and open borders lobby to depict DACA workers as\ncrucial in the fight against coronavirus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, any shortage of\nhealthcare workers could be filled in by the 33 million<\/a> Americans who\nhave filed for unemployment in the last few weeks. Granted, not every single\nindividual in this population is a trained healthcare worker, but in April\nalone, health care employment  declined\nby 1.4 million<\/a> jobs with\noffices of physicians and health care practitioners ranking as some of the most\nhit areas. It is more than reasonable to assume that some of these unemployed\nindividuals would be qualified to work in these potentially open positions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The open borders lobby<\/a> has also painted the picture\nthat DACA recipients are set to be immediately deported should SCOTUS rule\nagainst the DACA program. This fear is unsubstantiated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, no one really knows what the\nlogistics would look like following a termination of the program. Mass\ndeportations are unlikely to happen even if DACA is terminated. Recipients will\nbe subject for deportation, but that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean they will be\ndeported. In fact, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement only deported 95,000<\/a> illegal aliens in\n2018 out of some 14 million<\/a> illegal aliens in the country\n(less than one percent). The most immediate result would be a phased-in loss of\nwork authorizations as DACA status is not renewed.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The larger point that is often\nmisunderstood from the upcoming SCOTUS ruling on DACA is that the decision\nwon\u2019t even touch on whether the program was constitutional in the first place.\nIt is first addressing whether the Trump administration has the authority to\nend an administration program implemented by the Obama administration.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simply put, the corporate media and\nopen borders lobby are merely using this crisis as an opportunity to promote\ntheir longstanding goal of gaining amnesty for DACA recipients and to portray\nthe Trump administration as anti-immigrant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It must be reiterated that DACA\nrecipients are here illegally.<\/a> DACA never\npromised them anything more than deferment from removal and temporary work\nauthorization, granted in two-year increments. At no point does DACA guarantee\nany permanent legal status in the country, which many of them understood at the\ntime of their application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DACA recipients have already\nbenefited from eight years of deferment from removal and temporary work\nauthorization. The 29,000 DACA recipients in health care fields, like all\nworkers, have been \u201crewarded\u201d for their work in the form of paychecks. Merely\ndoing the jobs they signed up for, while taking advantage of the DACA program,\nshould not include an expectation of amnesty for immigration violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the United States were to grant\namnesty or a forgiving of illegal entry into the country, simply for service in\nthe healthcare industry, it would incentivize more illegal immigration. There\nwould also be those who\u2019d advocate amnesty for DACA professions in other\nindustries as they\u2019d classify their work as \u201cessential\u201d or \u201ccrucial.\u201d The\namnesty opportunity would undoubtedly bring migration surges at the southern\nborder, creating a potential border crisis similar to what we saw last spring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nonetheless,\nthe corporate media and open borders lobby continue to insist that DACA\nbeneficiaries should be entitled to special benefits for simply doing the same\nwork as everyone else in their chosen fields. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The role of health care professionals in the United States during the COVID-19 outbreak cannot be understated. Their front-line work has saved and treated hundreds of thousands of Americans as the country remains the epicenter of the disease. Without the assistance and dedication from these workers, our nation would be in much worse shape today.<\/p>\n

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