THE DACA PROJECT IS GOING TO
WASHINGTON, DC on DECEMBER 19th!
THE DACA PROJECT SURVEY
SURVEY: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/THEDACAPROJECT
ENCUESTA: https://es.surveymonkey.com/s/THEDACAPROJECTESPANOL
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THE DACA PROJECT PRESENTATION:
Overview:
Students in Chicana/o Studies M122 at UCLA in the Department of Chicana/o Studies, in collaboration with the North American Integration and Development (NAID) Center are currently conducting a nationwide survey on the economic impact of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that was authorized by the Obama Administration in 2012 for qualified undocumented youth. The program provides protection against deportation, access to a social security number, and a work permit to qualified youth.
Our research seeks to measure, in economic terms, the impact of the DACA program by collecting data from individuals that have benefited from the program. The effort is in collaboration with Dr. Raúl Hinojosa, Director of the North American Integration and Development Center (NAID) at UCLA. The effort to measure the economic impact of the DACA program is one of the first in the nation and comes at a pivotal moment in the debate on unauthorized immigration. The findings from the survey are extremely consequential, politically and economically, in both the short and long term, as they will elucidate whether and in what ways programs like DACA impact the American economy.
The Obama Administration’s most recent order to extend the benefits of deferred action to 4.2 million undocumented immigrants is a move in the right direction, but the exclusion of 7 million that will be left out in the shadows is a social, political, and economic concern. Our research, in light of this new development, seeks to point to this excluded population as a missed social, political, and economic opportunity by the Administration to make significant human and civil rights gains, and promote economic growth in the American economy.
Students in Chicana/o Studies M122 at UCLA in the Department of Chicana/o Studies, in collaboration with the North American Integration and Development (NAID) Center are currently conducting a nationwide survey on the economic impact of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that was authorized by the Obama Administration in 2012 for qualified undocumented youth. The program provides protection against deportation, access to a social security number, and a work permit to qualified youth.
Our research seeks to measure, in economic terms, the impact of the DACA program by collecting data from individuals that have benefited from the program. The effort is in collaboration with Dr. Raúl Hinojosa, Director of the North American Integration and Development Center (NAID) at UCLA. The effort to measure the economic impact of the DACA program is one of the first in the nation and comes at a pivotal moment in the debate on unauthorized immigration. The findings from the survey are extremely consequential, politically and economically, in both the short and long term, as they will elucidate whether and in what ways programs like DACA impact the American economy.
The Obama Administration’s most recent order to extend the benefits of deferred action to 4.2 million undocumented immigrants is a move in the right direction, but the exclusion of 7 million that will be left out in the shadows is a social, political, and economic concern. Our research, in light of this new development, seeks to point to this excluded population as a missed social, political, and economic opportunity by the Administration to make significant human and civil rights gains, and promote economic growth in the American economy.
COMUNICADO DE PRENSA:Para Su Inmediata Difusión
Guadalupe Saavedra 626.456.2283 guadalupe_red@yahoo.com ESTUDIANTES DE LA UCLA ARROJAN UNA INVESTIGACIÓN PARA CUANTIFICAR EL IMPACTO DEL PROGRAMA DE ACCIÓN DIFERIDA (DACA): LOS RESULTADOS SERÁN PRESENTADOS A LÍDERES EN WASHINGTON Y DENTRO DE LA ADMINISTRACIÓN DE OBAMA Los Ángeles, CA—Estudiantes dentro del departamento de Estudios Chicanos en la UCLA en colaboración con el Centro de Desarrollo e Integración Norte Americano (o el centro NAID por sus siglas ánglicas), han lanzado una investigación para compilar datos sobre el impacto económico del programa Acción Diferida o DACA otorgado por discreción presidencial en agosto de 2012. El programa DACA se autorizó debido al fracaso legislativo de la propuesta DREAM Act en 2010, la cual otorgaría un camino hacía la legalización para estudiantes indocumentados, y a base de presión contundente por parte de grupos activistas pro-inmigrante. El programa provee a jóvenes indocumentados que califican protección contra el destierro, acceso a permisos de trabajo y números de Seguro Social temporales. Además, muchos de los beneficiarios con DACA han logrado obtener nuevos trabajos, elevar sus salarios, acceder licencias de conducir, seguro de salud y servicios bancarios. Por lo tanto, hasta la fecha no se ha logrado compilar datos cuantitativos para demostrar el impacto económico de DACA. Francisco J. López, un estudiante en su cuarto año en la UCLA y beneficiario de DACA prescribe, “Debemos de lograr y expresar con cantidades cuantificadas a los políticos y al público estadounidense los beneficios y méritos del programa.” Añade López, “para mi, DACA a servido como un vehículo para potenciar mis destrezas. Aunque no es la solución para remediar la inmigración ilegal, hasta el momento DACA ha beneficiado al público que ha hecho la inversión en la educación de aquellas personas que ahora tienen DACA y que se desempeñan.” La investigación tratara de demonstrar, si en verdad, y en que maneras el programa DACA ha generado ganancias para la economía estadounidense. La política alrededor del programa DACA está en un punto decisivo. Durante el mes de agosto pasado, la Cámara de Representantes estadounidense pasó una propuesta para desfinanciar el programa de DACA. Por lo tanto, simultáneamente, la administración de Obama contemplaba la extensión de los beneficios de DACA a más de la población indocumentada. “Esta encuesta de DACA va a ser crucial para determinar las implicaciones del corto y el largo plazo de de la acción deferida que actualmente está siendo contemplada por el Presidente Obama y en espera de ser publicada a fines del año. Esta investigación ayudara a afinar investigaciones que anteriormente se habían dado a base de los impactos económicos proyectados por el Centro NAID hace dos años” dijo Dr. Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda, Profesor de la UCLA y Director del Centro NAID. Los hallazgos de este cuestionario serán extremadamente importantes, a base de que van a ser presentados en un estudio después de las elecciones de noviembre a miembros del Congreso y de la Casa Blanca. El estudio elucidará un tema que no es claramente comprendido por los políticos o el público estadounidense, pero que puede tener un gran impacto económico para el país. Enlace a la encuesta: https://es.surveymonkey.com/s/THEDACAPROJECTESPANOL Link to online survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/THEDACAPROJECT |
PRESS RELEASE:For Immediate Release
Maksim Wynn 512.623.0119 mwynn@g.ulca.edu UCLA STUDENTS LAUNCH STUDY TO QUANTIFY THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE DACA PROGRAM: FINDINGS TO BE PRESENTED TO CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND THE WHITE HOUSE Los Angeles, CA—Students taking a course in UCLA’s Department of Chicana/o Studies, in collaboration with the North American Integration and Development (NAID) Center, have launched a study to compile data on the economic impact of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Implemented in August of 2012 by presidential discretion, in response to the DREAM Act’s failure to pass in 2010 and as a result of pressure from immigrant rights activists, the DACA program provided qualified undocumented youth with relief from deportation, and access to work permits and temporary Social Security numbers. In addition, many of those that have received DACA have gained new jobs, competitive wages, driver’s licenses, health care, and banking services. However, to date no quantifiable data has been gathered to illustrate DACA’s economic impact. “We need to be able to quantifiably express to policymakers and the general public the merits of the program,” indicates Francisco J. López, a fourth year student at UCLA and DACA beneficiary. “For me, DACA has served as a vehicle to potentiate my skills and talents. While it’s not a solution to the issue of unauthorized immigration, it’s been a win-win situation for both me and for the American public who has made the investment in my education.” This study aims to show whether, and in what ways, that investment is being repaid. The effort to quantify the economic impact of the DACA program comes at a pivotal moment. This past August the House of Representatives passed a motion to defund the DACA program, while the Obama Administration has been simultaneously deliberating whether to extend deferred action to a larger segment of the undocumented population. “This DACA survey will be crucial in order to determine the short and long term implications of the administrative action that is currently being contemplated by President Obama and is expected to be released later this year. This research will help fine-tune a previous set of projected economic impacts that was published by the NAID Center two years ago” said Dr. Raul Hinjosa-Ojeda, UCLA Professor and Director of the NAID Center. The findings of this survey will be extremely consequential, as they will be presented in a study to be issued in November for consideration by members of Congress and the White House. The study will shed light on an issue that is not clearly understood by policymakers and the general public, but which can have a significant impact on the US economy. Link to online survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CN5SPKH Enlace a la encuesta: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KRTXF95 ### |