America's Ethnic History Blog

Lizet Segura Blog #3 President Trump has announced that he is open to the possibility of DACA holders to get citizenship  after living in the U.S. for 10 to 12 years. He ended Obama's program of Deferred Action, which put 700,000 young immigrants in danger of being deported. He has placed the fate of the 'Dreamers' in the hands of Congress and wants them to pass a bill to let them stay. Since his campaign for president he has been adamant about deporting illegal immigrants, specifically Mexicans and Muslims. Although he is supposedly going to allow for DACA holders to get their citizenship, he has not changed his mind about the wall between Mexico and the U.S. He has requested that Mexico pay $25 billion to have the wall built. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/us/politics/trump-immigration-daca-dreamers-path-to-citizenship.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/opinion/trump-el-salvador-tps.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FImmigration%20and%20Emigration&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=10&pgtype=collection The story was published in the New York Times and is about a young man whose family has been protected by T.P.S for decades, but will no longer have that privilege. The Trump administration is ending T.P.S for thousands of Salvadorans and this family shared its story. The young man (name was never mentioned) is a U.S. citizen, along with his two sisters, but his parents are not and they have to consider the fact that they could be separated. The young man has attended college and is so close to graduating, but feels he cannot live his dreams if his family is torn apart. His family has resided in the U.S for decades and integrated themselves into all aspects of society, and cannot imagine going back