Rep. Love Says DACA Alternative She Supports Will Protect Young Immigrants

jaylove16 · 12-29-2017, 08:26 PM

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On Thursday, Congresswoman Mia Love spoke about legal alternatives that are being proposed.

At the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in downtown Salt Lake, Love recited the Oath of Allegiance along with ten children who recently received US citizenship.

She also took questions about DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and the legislation she supports to replace it.

"I was hoping to have DACA taken care of by the end of the year," Love said. "I’ve gotten a commitment that it’s going to be something that we take care of right at the beginning of the year."

She's supporting the Congressional alternative called Recognizing America’s Children or the RAC Act. She says it would protect DACA recipients, who are also known as "Dreamers."

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libertarian1776 · 12-29-2017, 08:39 PM

whats the alternative?

PhelonOne87 · 12-29-2017, 08:39 PM

Mia Love is in la la land .....

PhelonOne87 · 12-29-2017, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by libertarian1776

whats the alternative?

RACA but she’s tripping .

Marco956 · 12-29-2017, 08:48 PM

Shes a Republican. We need as many as we can get

jwxie518 · 12-30-2017, 03:23 AM

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Recognizing America's Children Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant for an initial five-year period the status of, an alien who:

was younger than 16 years old when he or she initially entered the United States and has been physically present in the United States since January 1, 2012;
is a person of good moral character;
is not inadmissible or deportable on specified grounds under the Immigration and Nationality Act;
has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion;
has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law;
is 18 years or older and has earned a high school diploma, general education development certificate, or high school equivalency diploma in the United States, has been admitted to an institution of higher education, or has a valid work authorization; and
has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance or received the order before attaining the age of 18.

An alien applying for relief under this bill shall: (1) register under the Military Selective Service Act if so required, (2) undergo a medical examination, (3) submit biometric and biographic data, and (4) complete security and law enforcement background checks.

DHS shall under specified circumstances terminate or extend the conditional nonimmigrant status of an alien who is at least 18 years old.

A conditional nonimmigrant may file an application to adjust his or her status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence during a specified period.

An alien who adjusts to permanent resident status may apply for naturalization upon compliance with all immigration law requirements.

This is what her RAC Act is about.

Basically you can work, and travel. Not exactly a green card, but you can adjust.

Swim19 · 12-30-2017, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by jwxie518

This is what her RAC Act is about.

Basically you can work, and travel. Not exactly a green card, but you can adjust.

Read the full text. RACA leads to conditional green card --> normal green card --> citizenship

Afridi786 · 12-30-2017, 11:06 AM

Hopefully when they pass something, the turnaround time isn't too long, maybe even have a simple form and payment for current DACA holders that's approved right away, I'd rather not lose my job.

dtrt09 · 12-30-2017, 03:47 PM

A lot of people with either Daca or TPS have final orders; most received it before Daca even existed, so they were not under another protection until they applied for the programs. Moreover, Daca made it explicitly clear, as does TPS, that unless you are deportable or inadmissible based on criminal grounds, you were eligible to apply if you met the other requirements.
DreamAct does not have a final order exclusion because most people who arrived as children and have a final order, have the order as consequence of their parents' case.

jwxie518 · 12-30-2017, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Swim19

Read the full text. RACA leads to conditional green card --> normal green card --> citizenship

Okay It said so?

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