Earlier this year, President Donald Trump announced his decision to allow the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to expire in March 2018 if the United States Congress fails to implement new legislation. In an effort to drum up support for Dreamers, those enrolled in DACA, General Motors and Apple joined a newly formed coalition urging Congress to act.
The Coalition for the American Dream includes other notable companies such as Microsoft and Amazon and it hopes to encourage bipartisan legislation to protect individuals working and living in the United States through the program, according to Reuters. More than 60 businesses joined the group, with Apple and General Motors among the most recent.
“Roughly 800,000 Dreamers who are working, going to school, and serving in our nation’s military will lose their ability to work and study legally, will be forced from their jobs, and will be subject to immediate deportation from the country they grew up in,” the coalition pronounced in an advertisement.
DACA gives some minors brought into the United States illegally a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation. It also grants the eligibility for work permits. Arguments exist on both sides of the political spectrum. On one hand, the individuals had no choice when they were brought into the country illegally. On the other hand, any legislation would likely provide a pathway to U.S. citizenship.
Ahead of President Trump’s announcement, General Motors CEO Mary Barra joined numerous other executives in penning a letter to the president discouraging the end of DACA. The letter argued the deportation of Dreamers would cost $460 billion.
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Great news! This is what corporate leadership looks like.
I might have to pull the plug on my future GM buying decisions I can’t support a company that is willing to harbor potential terriorists in our country
That’s good news! At your age and mental capacity you should stay off the roads altogether.
At your age and mental capacity you should stay off the roads altogether.
Take a walk clown
Democrats, MSM, every faculty member at any university in the country fighting to the death for illegal aliens? they put a warm and fuzzy name on it “Dreamers.” and no one seem to wonder why? future voters? can you imagine the Democrats ever being this interested or motivated in issues involving citizens! There is an estimated 800,000 DACA recipients in the US. That is 800,000 jobs American Citizens don’t have or will be in competition for.
The MSM and Democrats would have us believe that all 800 thousand are not taking jobs Americans want (we’ve heard that lie for many years now.) This is another falsehood told to the American people. Democrats have actually changed the language. It’s not illegal alien its “Immigrant.” (like the lie there just ‘Kids”) there not all picking strawberries they take great Jobs. Good enough jobs to buy homes put their kids through college.Why must the citizens of our country have competition for jobs, education in their own country from foreign nationals? Now Democrats and illegal alien activists admit DACA recipients have great jobs,are buying homes, paying taxes.
The GOAL, motivation (Democrats just haven’t figured this out yet) is for the American citizens to be employed, sending their kids to college, buying homes and paying taxes. It’s not the responsibility of the citizens of this country to support, educate citizens from other country’s. Deportation will save jobs and save billions in costs.
“Some” of the costs associated with illegal immigration……Dollars and Blood.
*The cost of educating illegal aliens children is staggering. From K-12 it costs taxpayers $122,000 for EACH illegal alien student.
*Now city, and state officials are appropriating millions of taxpayer dollars for legal fees to to file law suits and in defense of illegal aliens being deported.
*2012 illegal aliens sent home $62 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin. This is why Mexico is getting involved in our politics.
*30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens. Does not include local jails and State Prisons. At $21,000 per year expense per inmate in Federal Prison—U do the math.
*$3Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens, I repeat 3 MILLION a DAY to process Illegals in the Criminal justice system.
*$2.2Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as SNAP (food stamps),WIC, & free school lunches.
You must be really upset cause theres nothing your kind can do about it.
@Tyler: where have your ancestors been in 1700?
His ancestors, like mine, probably came here legally, not by jumping over a fence and running to the nearest welfare office.
Illegal aliens come here and want to work. Let’s give them some work. Put them on a chain gang.
@The American: where have your ancestors been in 1700?
And, @The American: when was the first time that one of your ancestors has put her or his feet on North American soil?
In a place that is now called New Mexico. When did they first get to what is now called New Mexico. Well it’s estimated that the first settlements in New Mexico Were in 9200 BC. But I don’t think they showed up right then I think it was the second Wednesday after the settlement had started.
The occupants of the “Mayflower” came as illegal aliens to North America, and all others who followed them to conquer all of North America, clearing the territory forcefully of its original inhabitants, committing a real genocided and enslaving African people forcefully brought to North America.
A country of immigrants declaring immigrants to be a danger condemms itself and its own origins.
How ridiculous.