Immigration Crisis Worldwide - Dreamers Kept Away From Dreams

IMMIGRATION CRISIS WORLDWIDE - DREAMERS KEPT AWAY FROM DREAMS

     Dreamers are facing now a danger higher as ever in the USA due to the Trump administration. They are at risk of being deported from their home to their country of origin - to an unknown land. These children and young adults known as dreamers - ranging from 15 to 36 years old - were taken at a young age mostly from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala by their parents escaping from poverty to the land of opportunities.

The title "dreamer" can be derived from this thought as well: youngsters looking for the American Dream, dreaming for a better future.  However, in reality, the phrase is an abbreviation of the "Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors" Act which would have offered permanent residency for those who arrived illegally to the country as minors and which the Obama administration failed to pass. Thus the DACA program was introduced under Obama's presidency which temporarily allow these immigrants to live, study and work in America. However in order to be in this program, illegal immigrants had to register which certainly was a scary step for them - to be put on the map. But as a DACA recipient, Ximena Magnana says: they "gave a trust to the administration".

American Alien

DACA is attacked by many Republicans since it was created as an alternative when the DREAMER Act was rejected. Republicans believe this was an executive overreach thus it should be scrapped, however anti-immigrant feelings also play along. Donald Trump during his campaign promised to put an end to illegal immigration with radical steps if necessary. He claimed to expel every unauthorized immigrant and to build a wall to the Mexican border. The number of undocumented immigrants is about 11 million of which the number of DACA recipients are about 700-800,000.  

In September Trump softened his previous threats and gave a 6 months deadline to the Congress to create a solution. Meanwhile, both Republican and Democratic politicians started to stand with the preservation of DACA and even 350 leaders of influential companies wrote an open letter in which they argued that Dreamers boost competitiveness. In fact, Dreamers have a strong bond and emotion to their country, the United States, because they have to work twice as hard to reach their goals and dreams. Many believe that is why they deserve to be the part of the community. After all, "community" describes the best the American spirit.

Decisions Far, Far Away

In January Trump implied that he allows the staying of undocumented immigrants brought to the country underage if the Democratic fraction votes the budget to strengthen the Southern border. However, the latest news are that Trump threatened to veto any attempts to save DACA - even those that would fund the border wall. The deadline given by the President has expired couple of days ago but the decision to end DACA has been stalled by the courts thus no reform has been made.

In this uncertainty live now many young immigrants who put faith in their country. The advocacy of the Dreamers focuses on the failures of the Democrats since they have been willing to sacrifice very little to mend the legislative background of DACA. 

Hungarian immigration

The situation at the other side of the Atlantic sets an example to the European immigration crisis. With hundred thousands of illegal immigrants arriving to this continent and the criticized Hungarian border wall in the South, it could be a good idea to examine the American situation for the political elite. In a couple of years any European country may find itself in an impossible situation like this. Those immigrant children who may arrive and stay will see Hungary as their home - will the political leadership send them back when the immigrant rate will be at record highs? A multinational state will meet major difficulties at the end of the day - USA example shows.     

Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/04/donald-trump-what-is-daca-dreamers

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-41167898/daca-dreamers-america-is-the-only-country-i-ve-known

https://theintercept.com/2018/03/10/daca-program-congress-dreamers/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/daca-dreamers/

https://magyaridok.hu/kulfold/trump-az-almodok-rovasara-donthet-2170540/

http://nepszava.hu/cikk/1140450-trump-a-fraszt-hozza-sajat-partjara

https://merce.hu/2018/01/31/bekulne-a-vilaggal-donald-trump/