Current Event #1 President Trump has voiced his concerns about the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program. DACA is a program that was started by President Obama that protects undocumented children that came to the US at a very young age with their parents. President Trump is now considering terminating this program that could lead these often called, Dreamers, to be deported to the country that they and their parents originally came from. Jeff Sessions, Donald F. McGahn II, Senator Orrin G. Hatch and others have spoken against Trump ending this program. Major entrepreneurs have also disagreed with Trumps new proposal because of the potential of damaging our economy. Trump has stated that by Tuesday, he will give an answer on whether he plans to propose this to legislation. A major concept that connects to this article is the separation of powers in the United States, including the executive, judicial and legislative branch. The executive branch enforces the laws, the legislative branch makes the laws, and the judicial branch interprets the laws. This concept is very important pertaining to this article because even though Trump will decide on Tuesday on whether he wants DACA to end, Congress will decide to pass or not pass the federal law. Without the separation of powers, the president could virtually put any law into place even if it seemed unconstitutional. Another concept that is important along with separation of powers, is our checks and balances. Checks and balances give each branch the power to check on the other branches and keep them accountable. This concept can relate to this subject because the legislature can reject the president’s new plan and can also override the executive’s veto by a two-thirds vote. The judicial branch also has a role as they are a check on the legislature and can rule certain laws unconstitutional if need be. As Trump makes his statement in the coming days, it’s not only his voice that is important in this matter, but Americans, the judicial, and the legislative branch. With this topic, there are several viewpoints to consider. One perspective that some Americans have, like Trump’s, is that DACA is a program for those who are illegal immigrants and can cause fear in some citizens whose jobs are being taken from them. As American demographics change and the Hispanic population is growing in the US, these changing demographics are a consideration in how ending this program could affect the diversity of our country. Hispanics are the second largest ethnic group in the US and their voice and viewpoints are important to consider in issues of immigration. While the Hispanic population and those who support the DREAMERS might want this program to continue, other ethic and racial groups, who come to the US through legal immigration means, might want this program to end. I agree with keeping DACA. I think of the Dreamers and ho.

1. Current Event #1
President Trump has voiced his concerns about the DACA
(Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals) program. DACA is a program that was
started by President Obama that
protects undocumented children that came to the US at a very
young age with their parents.
President Trump is now considering terminating this program
that could lead these often called,
Dreamers, to be deported to the country that they and their
parents originally came from. Jeff
Sessions, Donald F. McGahn II, Senator Orrin G. Hatch and
others have spoken against Trump
ending this program. Major entrepreneurs have also disagreed
with Trumps new proposal
because of the potential of damaging our economy. Trump has
stated that by Tuesday, he will
give an answer on whether he plans to propose this to
legislation.
A major concept that connects to this article is the separation of
powers in the United

2. States, including the executive, judicial and legislative branch.
The executive branch enforces the
laws, the legislative branch makes the laws, and the judicial
branch interprets the laws. This
concept is very important pertaining to this article because even
though Trump will decide on
Tuesday on whether he wants DACA to end, Congress will
decide to pass or not pass the federal
law. Without the separation of powers, the president could
virtually put any law into place even
if it seemed unconstitutional. Another concept that is important
along with separation of powers,
is our checks and balances. Checks and balances give each
branch the power to check on the
other branches and keep them accountable. This concept can
relate to this subject because the
legislature can reject the president’s new plan and can also
override the executive’s veto by a
two-thirds vote. The judicial branch also has a role as they are a
check on the legislature and can
rule certain laws unconstitutional if need be. As Trump makes
his statement in the coming days,
it’s not only his voice that is important in this matter, but

3. Americans, the judicial, and the
legislative branch.
With this topic, there are several viewpoints to consider. One
perspective that some
Americans have, like Trump’s, is that DACA is a program for
those who are illegal immigrants
and can cause fear in some citizens whose jobs are being taken
from them. As American
demographics change and the Hispanic population is growing in
the US, these changing
demographics are a consideration in how ending this program
could affect the diversity of our
country. Hispanics are the second largest ethnic group in the US
and their voice and viewpoints
are important to consider in issues of immigration. While the
Hispanic population and those who
support the DREAMERS might want this program to continue,
other ethic and racial groups,
who come to the US through legal immigration means, might
want this program to end.
I agree with keeping DACA. I think of the Dreamers and how
they moved to the United
States because they had to with their parents. They didn’t have
a choice in the matter and most of

4. them were so young that the only country they know is the
United States. I think the DACA
program is a very controversial topic but one that is important.
To think that people who have
spent most of their life could be deported back to a country they
are not as familiar with or
maybe not even know at all is disheartening. The article stated
that to end DACA would mean
that “about 800,000 undocumented immigrants […] would be
subject to potential deportation”
(Davis). I would like to challenge this because I think it would
be almost impossible to recruit all
800,000 of these people to deport them. Also, the cost to do this
would be extremely high. It
honestly would be a waste of taxpayer money. Because this
topic is so controversial, I could not
find anything I could agree on about removing the DACA
program.
Work Cited
Davis, Julie Hirschfeld. “Trump Says Decision on ‘Dreamers’
Program Will Come Soon.” The

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Current Event Assignment 1
1. DeMarche, Edmund. “Republicans divided on Trump’s
expected DACA announcement.”
foxnews.com. Web. 5 Sept. 2017.
<http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/09/05/republicans-
divided-on-trumps-
expected-daca-announcement.html>.
2. President Trump decided to repel a program called Deferred
Action for Childhood
Arrival also known as DACA. “Under DACA – which was
created through executive action
by President Obama in 2012 – people who come to the U.S.
illegally when they are
children are protected from deportation and granted work
permits.” (DeMarche) The
main issue that concerns everyone is that those children, many
of who are now young
adults, will be deported back to where they were born. But

7. many of them only see
America as their home. President Trump has given Congress six
months to find a
solution for the immigrants that were connected to DACA,
roughly 800,000 immigrants.
3. The article is connected to the class concept of Separation of
Power, the power that is
divided into three branches: executive branch, legislature
branch, and the judicial
branch. The executive branch, also known as the President of
the United States, is
ending a program that was created by executive order. The
President has stated that
the legislative branch, Congress, must find a way to pass a
federal law that reestablishes
the same concept as DACA. The judicial branch has a role in
this too, although they are
not mentioned in the article. The judicial branch is responsible
for checking that the
actions of the executive and legislative branches are
constitutional.
4. The demographics of the U.S. will be affected if Congress
does not find a solution to the
ending of DACA. According to the textbook, the Hispanic

8. population is the second
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Current Event Assignment 1
largest ethnic group in the U.S. By ending this program,
800,000 immigrants will be
deported back to the hometown where their parents were from.
From their viewpoint,
they do not want to be separated from their families, jobs, and
school. For many, the
U.S. is all that they have known. Another viewpoint might be
immigrants who have
traveled to the U.S. through legal immigration. They might not
see the need for a special
program for undocumented people.
5. In this article, I wish to challenge President Donald Trump in
his decision of ending the
DACA program that former President Barack Obama created.
Does our President know
what he is doing other than getting rid of people he dislikes? In
the article, Roy Beck

9. stated, “It is time for President Trump to stop breaking one of
the clearest campaign
promises he made.” (DeMarche) Because Donald Trump was
determined to stop
immigration from terror-prone places, but did not say anything
about immigrants that
has been more helpful than harmful to the United States.