{"id":23884,"date":"2020-11-18T12:56:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T17:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=23884"},"modified":"2020-11-18T12:56:59","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T17:56:59","slug":"downhill-from-reviving-daca-biden-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/11\/18\/downhill-from-reviving-daca-biden-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviving DACA Is Simply The Means To An Unfortunate End"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the sitting vice president when the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was dreamt up, it was expected that Joe Biden if elected president would act quickly on his pledge to revive DACA<\/a>. Just how quickly? Well, according to Ron Klain<\/a>, President-elect Biden\u2019s incoming Chief of Staff, \u201cwe\u2019re going to protect Dreamers\u201d on the first day in office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before addressing the implications of prioritizing amnesty\nfor almost 700,000 illegal aliens, it is important clear up the muddled\nlinguistic mess created by mass immigration advocates over the last decade.\nUnlike the difference between Kleenex and tissue, there is a substantive\ndistinction between DACA and so-called Dreamers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to data<\/a> from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), as of June 30, almost 670,000 illegal aliens are beneficiaries of DACA or have a renewal pending. However, when amnesty proponents (and their supports in the media) refer to \u201cDreamers,\u201d they mean the 2.7 million illegal aliens<\/a> whom would be placed on a pathway to citizenship if any version of the DREAM Act were to pass. And that was the figure cited when the bill was introduced in 2017, so it could be significantly higher today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is  3 million illegal\naliens really a significantly large number? First, consider that a moment ago\nit was \u201cjust\u201d 670,000 illegal aliens being given the benefits of citizenship.\nSecond, Biden et al have not hidden the fact their agenda envisions far more\nconsequential actions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Candidate Biden promised to seek out all legal options to give sanctuary to the parents of Dreamers, a move that undermines his argument that amnesty is warranted because illegal aliens who arrived as minors came to the U.S. \u201cthrough no fault of their own.\u201d Last spring, he publicly stated<\/a> a desire to resurrect the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans\u00a0and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program, which would have granted protection to 5 million illegal aliens had it not been found unconstitutional<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nope, it does not end there. Because a President Biden would\nneed Congress to be complicit in rewarding millions of illegal aliens with legitimacy\nof citizenship, the plan is to do everything short of that. Presently, illegal\naliens can receive tuition assistance from private institutions, but they are\nnot eligible for Federal financial aid programs, such as Pell Grants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As outlined in his post-high school education plan<\/a>, Biden would like to allow this cohort of illegal aliens to access Pell Grants, which are likely to be in greater demand given financial hits taken by many American families. In addition, he aims to make two years of community college tuition-free to them or would allow them \u201cto use these funds to pursue training programs that have a track record of participants completing their programs and securing good jobs.\u201d These benefits would also \u201cbe available to adults who never had the chance to pursue additional education beyond high school or who need to learn new skills.\u201d However, it is questionable<\/a> as to whether a president has the executive authority to make such changes, and doing so is certain to be challenged from the outset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a time when many, particularly smaller, colleges and universities are struggling to keep their doors open, the former vice president wants to place an additional financial burden on academic institutions to educate hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens. What do low-income American families feel about having to compete for Pell Grants with adults (the average age of a DACA recipient<\/a> is 26.5 years) who are not lawfully in the country?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DACA is and has always been the vehicle in which to drive toward much larger and expansive goals to normalize illegal immigrants. There is little that can be done to prevent President-elect Biden from taking executive action on his first day to protect millions of illegal immigrants. But there is a lot which can be done afterward, including legal challenges from federal and state officials. There is even more that must be done to prevent his administration from riding roughshod over American immigration laws.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the sitting vice president when the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was dreamt up, it was expected that Joe Biden if elected president would act quickly on his pledge to revive DACA. Just how quickly? Well, according to Ron Klain, President-elect Biden\u2019s incoming Chief of Staff, \u201cwe\u2019re going to protect Dreamers\u201d on<\/p>\n

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