majority of the undocumented immigrants graduating from U.S. high schools no longer elig for DACA

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applicants must Have lived continuously in the United States since June 15, 2007 and no new applicant accepted. So DACA is at the end of the line for now.


A Decade After DACA, the Rise of a New Generation of Undocumented Students
A vast majority of undocumented teenagers are graduating high school this year without protection from deportation and the ability to legally work.

LOS ANGELES — Tommy Esquivel graduated from Hollywood High School in Southern California last week with awards honoring his determination, his record of service and the highest average grade in his Advanced Placement environmental science class. “I am excited to see what you will do with your future,” his science teacher, Alycia Escobedo, said in a farewell note. “Do big things.”

But Mr. Esquivel, 19, who grew up in Los Angeles without legal immigration status, faces significant obstacles to realizing his potential. He has limited access to financial aid for college. In many states, he cannot obtain a driver’s license. Without a Social Security number, he cannot legally work. And though he has lived in the United States since the age of 9, he could at any time face deportation to Guatemala.

For the first time, a majority of the undocumented immigrants graduating from high schools across the United States have none of the protections offered over the past 10 years under an Obama-era program that shielded most of the so-called Dreamers from deportation and offered them access to jobs and help with college tuition.



Asians represent the fastest-growing cohort of undocumented students, and among them is James Song, who came to Chicago from South Korea on a tourist visa when he was 9 and never left.

Immigration analysts estimate that the new class of young immigrants who grew up in the United States but lack legal status or any DACA protection will grow by 100,000 each year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/15/us/daca-dreamers-immigration-reform.html

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1. Seriously institute a point system like Canada

US high school grads, unless they have a criminal record, should be automatics. Look at our labor pool.