DACA raises $422M. Remains controversial.

2MoreYears · 06-23-2015, 07:40 PM

http://www.ibtimes.com/immigration-r...n-fees-1979273

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Conservative Republicans who opposed President Barack Obama’s immigration policies complained that his execution actions allowing immigrants to obtain legal work permits would be a burden to American taxpayers, but the opposite appears to be true three years after the first wave of applications were filed for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The policy that suspends deportation to hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants has generated $422.4 million in application fees, according to an Orange County Register report.

Since the program took effect, 664,607 immigrants who arrived in the U.S. before age 16 have been accepted into the program. Recipients are required to renew their status every two years. To date, 243,872 people have renewed and paid the application fees.

Still, Republicans are not convinced that the money generated by the program is enough for the long haul. “It’s probably only generating enough money to keep itself sustained,” Bob Kowell, president of the Murrieta and Temecula Republican Assembly, a local political group advocating for conservative causes, told the Register. “Those fees don’t really go to anything but paying people’s salaries who work for the government.”

Proponents of the program say the immigration policy has allowed tens of thousands of immigrants to continue their educations and has been a boost to the American economy. However, some immigrants say the $456 application fee has been a barrier to access.

“It took me about five months to save up,” said Crissel Rodriguez, 27, who initially didn’t apply because of the cost in 2012. She has since graduated from Chapman University in California with a master’s degree in international studies, the Register reported.

A study released this month by the Center for American Progress found that the immigrant policy has benefited the U.S. economy by allowing immigrants to work and pay state and federal taxes. It would have an even larger positive impact if an expansion of Obama’s executive actions for millions of undocumented immigrants and parents of U.S. citizens, which Republican-led states sued to stop in January, is no longer held up in the courts, the center said.

For example, if all eligible immigrants in California received temporary work permits, it could result in $75.8 billion in gross domestic product. All state residents would see an increase of $39.3 billion in the total income, according to the report.

Malign0n · 06-23-2015, 08:57 PM

Republicans "Well It's as if the fees are only there to cover the employees salaries"

Well F***king duh! USCIS only charges fees to cover the expense of processing. They're not in it to make a profit. They're a government agency, any expense must be covered either in fees or in appropriations.

Retards.

Kamara22 · 07-06-2015, 10:37 AM

422.2 milliom in application fees alone, not to mention the taxes they collect from those of us working. Also forgetting the spending money we put back into the American economy. Yet these republicans are anti us and the whole program, there is no changing their take/view on immigration. Seems hopeless.......

Pianoswithoutfaith · 07-06-2015, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Kamara22

422.2 milliom in application fees alone, not to mention the taxes they collect from those of us working. Also forgetting the spending money we put back into the American economy. Yet these republicans are anti us and the whole program, there is no changing their take/view on immigration. Seems hopeless.......

biscuitneck disagrees with you!

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Originally Posted by biscuitneck

You're the definition of a tangent. You've veered way off-point.

The vast majority of illegal aliens who give birth to children on U.S. soil, do not contribute with the expenses to do so.

That's not my opinion. That's just a fact. You can sit here and bullshit me all you want, but you're not going to convince me or anyone else on this forum that the majority of illegal aliens come to this country to embrace it rather than to exploit it. We all know the majority are here to do the latter.

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DACA raises $422M. Remains controversial.