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In the video you will see the role immigrants have in the American economy.

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The Economics of Immigration: Crash Course Economics #33

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The political cartoon emphasizes the fact that immigrants do a lot for American society.

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Passengers from an Airport felt violated by having to go through facial scans for security. The airports wanted to make sure no one was illegally in America and/or that they have not overstayed visas.

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A spokesman for the Customs and Border Protection, an arm of the Homeland Security Department, did not have an immediate comment in response.

The report comes as Homeland Security officials begin to roll out a biometric exit system that uses facial recognition scanning in 2018 at all American airports with international flights.

Customs and Border Protection has been testing a number of biometric programs, partnering with several airlines in Atlanta, Boston, New York and Washington. It will cost up to $1 billion, raised from certain visa fee surcharges over the next decade.

Customs officials say the biometric system has also produced some successes in the pilot testing and has helped catch people who have entered the United States illegally and are traveling on fake documents. They noted that facial scans and fingerprints - unlike travel documents - cannot be forged or altered and therefore give agents an additional tool to ensure border security.

But Senators Edward J. Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, and Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, expressed concerns about the report's findings. In a letter to Kirstjen Nielsen, the Homeland Security secretary, the senatorsurged the department to delay rolling out the facial scans until it address the privacy and legal concerns identified in the report.

In 1996, Congress ordered the federal government to develop a tracking system for people who overstayed their entry visas. After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, an entry- and exit-tracking system was seen as a vital national security and counterterrorism tool. The 9/11 Commission recommended in 2004 that the newly-developed Department of Homeland Security complete a system "as soon as possible." Congress has since passed seven separate laws requiring biometric entry-exit screening.

But for years, officials have struggled to put a biometric exit system in place because the technology to collect the data was slow to take hold. And many American airports, unlike those in Europe and elsewhere, do not have designated international terminals, leaving little space for additional scanning equipment.

The biometric system being tested by the Department of Homeland Security can be used either with a small portable hand-held device or a kiosk equipped with a camera.

The system snaps a picture of a passenger leaving the United States and checks whether that person is supposed to be on the plane. It compares the person's face with a gallery of photos that the airline has collected of passengers on its travel manifest. It also checks the person's citizenship or immigration status against various Homeland Security and intelligence databases. For American citizens, the facial scans are checked against photos from State Department databases.

Officials at Customs and Border Protection said that while the system does take facial scans of American citizens, the information is used in a very limited way. The officials said scans of Americans are only used to verify identity - not to collect new information.

The officials acknowledged the privacy concerns, but said the agency is working to answer them before the facial scans are placed in all international airports in the United States.

Laura Moy, who helped write the report, said the Customs and Border Protection assurances are not sufficient.

"They can change their minds on how they use this data at any time, because they haven't put policies in place that govern how it's supposed to be used," said Ms. Moy, the deputy director of the Privacy and Technology Center at Georgetown Law. "This invasive system needs more transparency, and Homeland Security officials need to address the legal and privacy concerns about this system, before they move forward."

An executive order signed in January by President Trump would require all travelers to the United States to provide biometric data when entering and exiting the country. Currently, foreign visitors provide biometric data only when they enter the United States. The executive order also calls for Homeland Security officials to speed up the deployment of the biometric system to airports.

The United States continues to trail other nations in adopting the technology to collect biometric information. Nearly three dozen countries, including in Europe, Asia and Africa, collect fingerprints, iris scans, and photographs that can be used for facial recognition of people leaving their countries.

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center on privacy and technology at georgetown law center

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national commission on terrorist attacks upon the united states

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Facial Scans at U.S. Airports Violate Americans' Privacy, Report Says

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A spokesman for the Customs and Border Protection, an arm of the Homeland Security Department, did not have an immediate comment in response. The report comes as Homeland Security officials begin to roll out a biometric exit system that uses facial recognition scanning in 2018 at all American airports with international flights.

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According to this article, there are other bills pertaining to the DACA Act that can possibly save people under DACA and allow them to stay in the United States.

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There are multiple DACA replacement bills swirling around Congress. If a bill is passes before the March 5 deadline, qualified applicants will be able to remain in the US legally. Many of the proposed bills have the same requirements as DACA, but some of the bills provide something DACA does not: a pathway to citizenship. Here are four DACA replacement bills you should know about.

Introduced: In the House on 3/9/2017 by Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R- Florida.

Co-sponsors: 36. The RAC Act has a high number of sponsors, however 35 are Republican and only one is a Democrat.

Citizenship: The RAC Act provides a pathway to citizenship after 10 years. Applicants would need to live in the US for five years as a conditional permanent resident, and then five years as a green card holder in order to be eligible for citizenship.

Travel: Under the bill, DACA recipients could travel outside of the US right away, something DACA doesn't allow.

Requirements: Applicants will have arrived in the US at 16 years or younger and will have lived in the US since January 1, 2012. Applicants must either have a high school diploma or be enrolled in school, have a valid work authorization, or enlist in the military. As with all the bills a background check must be passed.

"There are multiple bills in Congress designed to protect #Dreamers. I'll support any of them. It's about Dreamers not about who gets credit," Rep. Carlos Curbelo, Twitter, 10/4/17

Bridge Act ("Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy Act")

Introduced: In the House on 1/12/2017 by Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colorado.

Co-sponsors: 32. The Bridge Act has bipartisan support. 16 Democrats and 16 Republicans have signed on to the support the bill.

Citizenship: The Bridge Act does not support a pathway to citizenship. It is a three-year visa that must be renewed by Congress.

Travel: No travel is allowed outside the US during the three-year visa period.

Requirements: Applicants will have entered the US before 16-years of age and will have resided in the country continuously since June 15, 2007. Applicants must be enrolled in school or have a high school degree or GED. Honorably discharged members of the US Armed Forces are also eligible. Applicants must not have committed three or more misdemeanors.

"Proud to join my colleagues in a letter to @SpeakerRyan asking for a permanent legislative solution for #DACA recipients before year end. All part of fixing our broken immigration system," Coffman wrote on Twitter, 12/5/2017

Succeed Act ("Solution for Undocumented Children through Careers, Education, Defending our nation Act")

Introduced: In the Senate on 9/25/2017 by Sen. Thom Tillis (R- North Carolina).

Co-sponsors: Three. While the bill has just two other Republican senators signed on, it is one of the only DACA replacement bills introduced in the Senate. The bill goes a lot farther than the Republican led Bridge Act introduced in the House.

Citizenship: After 15 years as both a conditional permanent resident (10 years) and a green card holder (five years), DACA recipients would be able to apply for citizenship.

Travel: International travel is allowed under the bill.

Requirements: Applicants must have entered the US before the age of 16 and be younger than 31 on June 15, 2012. They must have lived continuously in the US since January 1, 2012. Applicants will have earned a high school diploma or GED or be enrolled in higher education. Those who have served or enlisted in the Army are also eligible.

"It's a common sense bill that tries to identify the contribution that the DACA population have made to this nation, hold them accountable, but based on their merit give them an opportunity to gain legal status in the United States," Sen. Thom Tillis 10/25/2017

Dream Act ("Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act")

Introduced: The Dream Act is the only bill introduced in both the House and Senate. A version of the Dream Act was introduced in 2010, but failed to garner enough support. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, reintroduced an updated version known as the "Clean Dream Act" in the Senate on 7/20/2017. Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-California, introduced the same version in the House on 7/26/2017.

Co-sponsors: The Dream Act by far has the most support with 211 sponsors. However it lacks bipartisan support, only nine are Republicans.

Citizenship: The Dream Act provides the fastest pathway. After five years as a legal permanent resident, applicants can apply for citizenship.

Requirements: Applicants must have entered the US before the age of 18 and have lived in the US for four years prior to the bill's enactment. Unlike the other bills, there is no date associated with the age requirement. A GED or high school diploma or enrollment in a higher education program is required.

"We're not going to pass a bill without presidential help.. the President needs to sell this deal, he's a deal maker. His voice in the House will matter a lot. The President is going to have to help Congress find a compromise," Graham said on CNN's "New Day," 9/6/2017.

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four possible daca options as clock ticks - cnnpolitics

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Four possible DACA options as clock ticks

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On March 6, 2018 almost 1,000 people a day could begin to lose their protected status as their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program permits expire two-years later. President Donald Trump has left it to Congress to figure out what to do with the nearly 700,000 dreamers who are able to legally live and work in the US under DACA.

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On October 15, 2014 in an article "Meet 16 activists at the front lines of immigration reform" ,  Alicia Maule  wrote about an activist who was  fighting for immigration rights.
By examining this image you can see the need for undocumented citizens to be legalized in America.

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As a 25 year old immigrant I take this subject very serious because I know it feels to be separated from my family as well as struggling to find jobs. This campaign is used with the purpose to help others avoid going through the same hardships I went through.

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This article from Fox News supports the claim that immigrants need a fairer chance to be legalized because they have family in America. In addition, they do not always know their papers are illegal or stolen.

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An illegal immigrant who came to the United States when she was 17, and who was issued a deportation order after a 2010 felony conviction for possessing falsified or stolen identification papers, is living in the Colorado church that has offered her sanctuary so she can stay with her family.

Ingrid Latorre addressed the media and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder congregation at a news conference Saturday.

"Thank you so much for being here today for me," Latorre said through an interpreter, reports the Daily Camera. "Thank you for opening the door for me and my family."

Latorre, 33, had been taking sanctuary at a church in Fort Collins, but she told the assembled congregation and press that it was hard because her family lives in west Denver.
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"Now, I can see them every day," she said at the press conference, adding that the previous arrangement was particularly difficult for her oldest son, who goes to school in west Denver.

The group that first offered Latorre sanctuary, Mountain View Friends Meeting, said that she did not know the documents were stolen and they believe she was misled into a guilty plea by her previous legal representation.

"We believe she received ineffective counsel at that time, which has affected her negatively and unfairly," David Poundstone, of Mountain View, told the Daily Camera.

Although Latorre's attempt to get the conviction overturned failed, as did her request to have Colorado's governor grant her a pardon, she has not given up and wants to stay in America.

"Now, my focus is really going to be on my case," she said. "It's at a little bit of a standstill."
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The church voted to open its doors to immigrants seeking sanctuary in October. Most congregation members supported the decision -- but a preschool that had been leasing space from the church shut down last month, saying parents withdrew more than half of the students due to security concerns.

"It is a key part of our religious exercise," Rev. Kelly Dignan told the Daily Camera. "When sanctuary is offered, there is no intent to hide a person's whereabouts. We are open and honest with the authorities regarding our activities and intentions and the fact that we feel we are performing our religious duty."

Congregation member Steve Todd told the Daily Camera that he supports the church's efforts.

"Our immigration system is a hot mess. We need to fix that. And if this can help [Latorre] personally, then that's a good thing," Todd said. "If this can bring about some community awareness and can help inform public opinion about comprehensive immigration reform, then that is also a good thing."

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Illegal immigrant facing deportation offered sanctuary by Colorado church

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An illegal immigrant who came to the United States when she was 17, and who was issued a deportation order after a 2010 felony conviction for possessing falsified or stolen identification papers, is living in the Colorado church that has offered her sanctuary so she can stay with her family.