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The study only found "suggestive evidence that DACA pushed over 25,000 DACA-eligible individuals into obtaining their GED certificate in order to be eligible for DACA." [ 17 ] However, research by Roberto G. Gonzales, professor of education at Harvard University, showed that DACA led to increased educational attainment. [ 82 ]
President Donald Trump signed the "Buy American, Hire American" executive order in April 2017 that would direct U.S. agencies to propose rules to prevent immigration fraud and abuse in the program. They would also be asked to offer changes so that H-1B visas are awarded to the "most-skilled" or highest-paid applicants. [25]
Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA), sometimes called Deferred Action for Parental Accountability, was a planned United States immigration policy to grant deferred action status to certain undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States since 2010 and have children who are either American citizens or lawful permanent residents.
In June, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to allow undocumented residents married to U.S. citizens and who have lived in the country for at least 10 years to apply for legal residency.
OpEd: It’s heartbreaking to see undocumented kids struggle to cover tuition or watch them graduate knowing they can’t legally use their knowledge and skills.
Three former DACA recipients explain why they chose to leave the U.S.
America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States (2019). The major scholarly history; excerpt; also see online review; Lee, Erika. At America's Gates: Chinese Immigration during the Exclusion Era, 1882-1943 (2003). Lew-Williams, Beth. The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America (Harvard UP ...
Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act ("McCain-Kennedy Bill," S. 1033) was an immigration reform bill introduced in the United States Senate on May 12, 2005 by Senators John McCain and Ted Kennedy. It was the first of its kind since the early 2000s in incorporating legalization, guest worker programs, and border enforcement components.