The following article by Amy Hsin, Associate Professor of Sociology at City University of New York, was posted on the Conversation website January 19, 2018:
Earlier this month, hopes were high that a bipartisan deal could be reached to resolve the fate of the “Dreamers,” the millions of undocumented youth who were brought to the U.S. as children.
Those hopes all but vanished on Jan. 11 as President Donald Trump aligned himself with hard-line anti-immigration advocates within the GOP and struck down bipartisan attempts to reach a resolution.
As we enter the final hours before a potential government shutdown, many Democrats are insisting that any short-term funding agreement must include a resolution for Dreamers. Continue reading “‘Dreamers’ could give US economy – and even American workers – a boost”