The Ethics and Chemistry Behind Food and Cooking
Willingness to be Disturbed Project
The Rights and Detriments of DACA Children in the US
Sam Southworth
Dreamers, this is the name of young children trying to find a good life in America. Children illegally imagrating into this country ranging from age one to sixteen generally by no choice of their own. Children getting away from the poverty, the violence, and other struggles of growing up in a third world country. These children create their entire lives in America and lose their connections to their native country. There is a program set in place for these children named DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), this program allows for a two year deferral period for any legal action to happen, as well as a work permit and the ability to enroll in schools. After this two year period is over it is subject for renewal. The majority of the US support DACA and supports Dreamers to stay in the US and become citizens. Although around a third of the US population have a different view on how this should be handled. In this essay I will explore the reasons that DACA children should be able to gain citizenship, and why the majority of concerns coming from the other side of this issue are for the most part irrelevant.
One aspect of DACA that causes controversy between both sides is the fact that although these children generally had no choice in illegally migrating to the US, they still came here illegally. A big look into the controversy of this topic is that regardless of how you look at it, these children did come into the country illegally. This, as well as other issues, is why around 22% want these Dreamers to get deported out of our country. As stated by Lance Aguilar, a local conservative with strong views towards this issue “It is the fault of these children’s parents that they are in this situation, and it we are lenient on the laws more children will start to illegally migrate because their parents won’t see any possible backlash from it.”. I see that point that if more we are lenient that people won’t see any consequences from illegally imagrating into the US with their children, thus causing more people to illegally immigrate into the US with their children. But even with this point in mind, we shouldn’t make children deal with the mistakes that their parents made.
Another thing to look at is the idea that these dreamers are taking public school resources from other US citizen students. One concern of people opposing DACA is the Dreamers taking school resources and classroom space from US citizens. In my interview I conducted with Lance Aguilar, he stated “The issue that I have with DACA is it lets children enroll into US schools raising the student to teacher ratio and taking away from the education of US citizens. Although this is a strong point when you look at the numbers you can see the minimal affect Dreams have. In a study done by the Center for Public Education, it is shown that classes with no more than eighteen students is most beneficial for learning. The average class size for a US public school is around twenty four, which is quite a bit above the ideal size. With immigrants coming in from other countries and enrolling into public schools that number goes up. Although this is a strong argument Dreamers only account for around .25% of the US population, which wouldn’t cause a student to teacher ratio increase of around .06 more students to teachers. In conclusion, children illegally migrating into the US will raise class sizes, but the increase is so miniscule that it can be ignored.
Finally, to understand this issue, you have to realize that these Dreamers get work permits, and could potentially take jobs from other Americans. Probably the most prevalent thing that comes up when talking about DACA and the rights of Dreamers is the fact that letting illegal immigrants into the US and giving them a work permit takes away jobs that US citizens could have had. According to the United States Census Bureau, 4.4% of the US population is unemployed as of April 2017. If there were less illegal immigrants taking US jobs the number of available jobs would increase allowing more US citizens to get jobs thus decreasing that number. But again, the difference is so minimal it shouldn’t be looked into.
When it comes to the rights of DACA children there are a lot of factors that determine your stance on the issue. These issues include the fact that Dreamers are taking school resources and classroom space from US citizens, that fact that they get a work permit and could potentially take jobs from US citizens, and that although they generally don’t have a choice they still entered this country illegally. Although these are strong points, the issue that DACA children bring up are minimal and the well being of these children outweigh their cons to this country.
Citations
Rampell, Catherine. “Class Size Around the World.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 11 Sept. 2009, economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/class-size-around-the-world/.
Shepard, Steven, et al. “Poll: Majority Opposes Deporting Dreamers.” POLITICO, 5 Sept. 2017, www.politico.com/story/2017/09/05/poll-trump-deporting-daca-dreamers-242343.
Sam Southworth
Dreamers, this is the name of young children trying to find a good life in America. Children illegally imagrating into this country ranging from age one to sixteen generally by no choice of their own. Children getting away from the poverty, the violence, and other struggles of growing up in a third world country. These children create their entire lives in America and lose their connections to their native country. There is a program set in place for these children named DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), this program allows for a two year deferral period for any legal action to happen, as well as a work permit and the ability to enroll in schools. After this two year period is over it is subject for renewal. The majority of the US support DACA and supports Dreamers to stay in the US and become citizens. Although around a third of the US population have a different view on how this should be handled. In this essay I will explore the reasons that DACA children should be able to gain citizenship, and why the majority of concerns coming from the other side of this issue are for the most part irrelevant.
One aspect of DACA that causes controversy between both sides is the fact that although these children generally had no choice in illegally migrating to the US, they still came here illegally. A big look into the controversy of this topic is that regardless of how you look at it, these children did come into the country illegally. This, as well as other issues, is why around 22% want these Dreamers to get deported out of our country. As stated by Lance Aguilar, a local conservative with strong views towards this issue “It is the fault of these children’s parents that they are in this situation, and it we are lenient on the laws more children will start to illegally migrate because their parents won’t see any possible backlash from it.”. I see that point that if more we are lenient that people won’t see any consequences from illegally imagrating into the US with their children, thus causing more people to illegally immigrate into the US with their children. But even with this point in mind, we shouldn’t make children deal with the mistakes that their parents made.
Another thing to look at is the idea that these dreamers are taking public school resources from other US citizen students. One concern of people opposing DACA is the Dreamers taking school resources and classroom space from US citizens. In my interview I conducted with Lance Aguilar, he stated “The issue that I have with DACA is it lets children enroll into US schools raising the student to teacher ratio and taking away from the education of US citizens. Although this is a strong point when you look at the numbers you can see the minimal affect Dreams have. In a study done by the Center for Public Education, it is shown that classes with no more than eighteen students is most beneficial for learning. The average class size for a US public school is around twenty four, which is quite a bit above the ideal size. With immigrants coming in from other countries and enrolling into public schools that number goes up. Although this is a strong argument Dreamers only account for around .25% of the US population, which wouldn’t cause a student to teacher ratio increase of around .06 more students to teachers. In conclusion, children illegally migrating into the US will raise class sizes, but the increase is so miniscule that it can be ignored.
Finally, to understand this issue, you have to realize that these Dreamers get work permits, and could potentially take jobs from other Americans. Probably the most prevalent thing that comes up when talking about DACA and the rights of Dreamers is the fact that letting illegal immigrants into the US and giving them a work permit takes away jobs that US citizens could have had. According to the United States Census Bureau, 4.4% of the US population is unemployed as of April 2017. If there were less illegal immigrants taking US jobs the number of available jobs would increase allowing more US citizens to get jobs thus decreasing that number. But again, the difference is so minimal it shouldn’t be looked into.
When it comes to the rights of DACA children there are a lot of factors that determine your stance on the issue. These issues include the fact that Dreamers are taking school resources and classroom space from US citizens, that fact that they get a work permit and could potentially take jobs from US citizens, and that although they generally don’t have a choice they still entered this country illegally. Although these are strong points, the issue that DACA children bring up are minimal and the well being of these children outweigh their cons to this country.
Citations
Rampell, Catherine. “Class Size Around the World.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 11 Sept. 2009, economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/class-size-around-the-world/.
Shepard, Steven, et al. “Poll: Majority Opposes Deporting Dreamers.” POLITICO, 5 Sept. 2017, www.politico.com/story/2017/09/05/poll-trump-deporting-daca-dreamers-242343.
Reflection
The project that we just worked on involved us taking a topic that has a lot of division between the different parties in politics, finding out your stance on the topic, finding the pros and cons of each, and then writing a paper convincing the reader why they should support your side. The topic that I chose to look into was DACA (deferred action for childhood arrivals) this is a program put into place for children that illegally migrated into the US from the age of 1 - 16, this programs puts in place a two year deferral for any legal action to happen to them and supplies them with both a work permit, and the ability to go to US schools. I have always had a strong opinion on this due to my mom being an immigrant from Australia, but as I worked through my paper my opinions on this topic just got reinforced. When I looked into the downsides to these children illegally imagrating into this country I came in with an open mind, I wasn’t going to let any of my predispositions take away from the facts about this program. But when I delved in I realized that the cons to this programs are very miniscule and that the child’s well being outweighs the insignificant cons.
Working through this project I learned a lot about democracy and the political divide that republicans and democrats experience. I knew that there was significant diversity in thoughts on issues between republicans and democrats but that was definitely reinforced when we did things such as have a republican and democrat panel come in. When I heard them both speak I realized that there opinions on most topics were very different. They both thought so strongly about their opinions as well and were very sure the other side was wrong. I also saw a lot of predisposition regarding political view take place, it seemed both the republicans and democrats occasionally blindly supported the views of their side regardless of what they really think. This whole project opened me up to the idea that if we are more opening and welcoming to new ideas democracy will work better, and thrive more.
My political views have changed due to this project because previously I have been quite democratic, I took the democratic side for the majority of issues. After going through this project I saw that quite often I was annoyed by people blinding just taking their sides view on issues without considering them. I saw people blindly relying on the majority of their side to decide their issues. When I considered this problem I realised that I am probably quite guilty of this. This project helped me decide that instead of identifying as a republican or democrat I should take each issue and think of it deeply and form my own unique opinion. I think that doing this will help me to become a more reliable source for information and make me a better educated person that isn’t judged for being blindly supportive of my side.
We used our willingness to be disturbed in this project because we dealt with a lot of issues that caused a lot of controversy, as well as having conflicting opinions without classmates. I think that our willingness to be disturbed made this a meaningful project, and the project would have failed without it. In every stage of this project I found myself being disturbed by things other people said or did, this was challenging for me at first, I was surprised that we were dealing with such intense issues. This is when I realised the importance of our willingness to be disturbed. I think that dealing with stuff like this helped me grow as a person and a learner, and that if I shied away from the chance to go out of my comfort zone that I wouldn’t be able to grow as much as a learner or person.
Working through this project I learned a lot about democracy and the political divide that republicans and democrats experience. I knew that there was significant diversity in thoughts on issues between republicans and democrats but that was definitely reinforced when we did things such as have a republican and democrat panel come in. When I heard them both speak I realized that there opinions on most topics were very different. They both thought so strongly about their opinions as well and were very sure the other side was wrong. I also saw a lot of predisposition regarding political view take place, it seemed both the republicans and democrats occasionally blindly supported the views of their side regardless of what they really think. This whole project opened me up to the idea that if we are more opening and welcoming to new ideas democracy will work better, and thrive more.
My political views have changed due to this project because previously I have been quite democratic, I took the democratic side for the majority of issues. After going through this project I saw that quite often I was annoyed by people blinding just taking their sides view on issues without considering them. I saw people blindly relying on the majority of their side to decide their issues. When I considered this problem I realised that I am probably quite guilty of this. This project helped me decide that instead of identifying as a republican or democrat I should take each issue and think of it deeply and form my own unique opinion. I think that doing this will help me to become a more reliable source for information and make me a better educated person that isn’t judged for being blindly supportive of my side.
We used our willingness to be disturbed in this project because we dealt with a lot of issues that caused a lot of controversy, as well as having conflicting opinions without classmates. I think that our willingness to be disturbed made this a meaningful project, and the project would have failed without it. In every stage of this project I found myself being disturbed by things other people said or did, this was challenging for me at first, I was surprised that we were dealing with such intense issues. This is when I realised the importance of our willingness to be disturbed. I think that dealing with stuff like this helped me grow as a person and a learner, and that if I shied away from the chance to go out of my comfort zone that I wouldn’t be able to grow as much as a learner or person.