President Obama’s 2012 program to defer deportation of young illegal immigrants greatly eased their ability to get jobs, credit cards, bank accounts, driver’s licenses and even Obamacare despite their undocumented status, according to a new Harvard University report.
The review of over 2,000 young illegals given relief from deportation by Obama’s June 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, found that many have won the same benefits as U.S. citizens, including higher education despite the failure of the so-called Dream Act that led to the president's initiative.
“Since receiving DACA, many have obtained new jobs and internships. Some have also opened bank accounts and obtained credit cards,” said the study just published in the journal American Behavioral Scientist.
'DACAmented': Illegal immigrants easily get driver's license, credit cards, even Obamacare | WashingtonExaminer.com
All that's left is a voter registration card.
'DACAmented': Illegal immigrants easily get driver's license, credit cards, even Obamacare | WashingtonExaminer.com
All that's left is a voter registration card.
No, wrong. It is impossible for them to get voter registration cards. It's impossible for legal Americans to get them, especially minorities. It's a Republican plot.
I thought Obama insisted that illegals were not going to get O'care? Joe Wilson was right. You lie, Mr. President.
Listen, you're taking WashingtonExaminer.com at face value in order to call the President of the United States a liar.
Do I have to explain to you further what you should do?
Actually the WE article is based upon a published Harvard study.
Here's the thing you need to understand about the media in general:
Writing an article about a published study does not necessarily mean the article accurately represents it.
"significant share of our respondents have reported obtaining health care since "
This was in the article, a quote from the study. But what does this mean? I would translate "obtaining health care" as "going to a doctor." Yes, illegal immigrants can do that. Is this the same thing as "getting Obamacare?"
The article is fairly straightforward in it's reporting on the content of the study. Obtaining health care in this context means going to the doctor and not having their status as illegals reported, as well as being paid for by the public.
In response to political pressure, President Obama authorized the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in 2012, giving qualified undocumented young people access to relief from deportation, renewable work permits, and temporary Social Security numbers. This policy opened up access to new jobs, higher earnings, driver’s licenses, health care, and banking. Using data from a national sample of DACA beneficiaries (N = 2,381), this article investigates variations in how undocumented young adults benefit from DACA. Our findings suggest that, at least in the short term, DACA has reduced some of the challenges that undocumented young adults must overcome to achieve economic and social incorporation. However, those with higher levels of education and access to greater family and community resources appear to have benefited the most. As such, our study provides new insights into how social policy interacts with other stratification processes to shape diverging pathways of incorporation among the general pool of undocumented immigrants.
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