Feds: 30% surge in illegals losing DACA freedom for crimes, gang violence

Source: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fe...rticle/2632820

Great, just what we need.

622 out of 800 thousand?

This doesn’t help.

Wow this seems so purposefully inflammatory. 30% surge will be read by most as 30% of ALL DACA recipients. It's only 2,000 people out of 800k but I can already see ignorant people citing this as proof that hundred of thousands of us are criminals.

The article says that even though is a small comparison to the larger DACA population, the program is flawed because no one should be accepted for approval if they have a misdemeanor or a felony. Which is what's giving DACA a bad reputation right now.

How is it flawed? They received DACA prior to having the misdemeanors or felonies, the article states that they've lost the DACA protection due to committing those crimes.. If anything it seems to be working, now the government knows who they are and they are no longer protected under DACA as they do not qualify.

Washington examiner has always opposed daca . They will take anything to discredit the program as a whole.

Just in case you didn't read the article..


"It confirms that the DACA screening process was woefully inadequate. The eligibility bar was set very low, explicitly allowing people with multiple misdemeanor and certain felony convictions to be approved. Only a handful of the applicants were ever interviewed, and only rarely was the information on the application ever verified," said Jessica M. Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies.

She told Secrets, "this statistic undercuts the image of DACA that has been spread by the pro-illegal alien groups and the news media, that the DACA recipients are mostly college kids. This is not true. We don't know much about the population, but one of the few credible studies that has been done, by a scholar at Harvard University, found that at most are more than 22 years old, and only about 20 percent graduated from or attended a four-year college. A significant share never went beyond high school. This is not really all that surprising, since over 72 percent come from a family at or below poverty level and accessing some public assistance."

While the figures also show that many DACA recipients may be law followers and high achievers, but she said it shows that not all should be granted a form of citizenship if Trump extends the program.

^This is washington examiner, of course, they are going to spin this information in the worst possible way.