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Thesis: While the United States has made strides with immigrants in educational achievements and life improvements over the last decade, college level education is still a tremendous and unequal obstacle for former DACA recipients now that the program has come to a close. In addition to the uncertainty that their education would be able to continue. the reality of socioeconomics barriers affects them with the cost of housing, cost of education, safe environments, and overwhelming course work that comes with higher education.

MAIN IDEA: my research essay is to explore the connection between DACA recipients and the idea of higher education contributing to a better life alongside dealing with social and economic problems that plague immigrant communities and families in the United States. Firstly the question would be how would this effect the medical profession, with more people interested in the medical field there would be more diversity and inclusion for people who are ill and want to be treated. Those people who could be treating them at one point in time were undocumented citizens who under DACA there children would have the freedom and ability to pursue this choice of profession yet with current government legislation the possibility of deportation becomes more apparent

A: even so with current officials unable to come to a consensus on the state of the program the fear of being displaced from somewhere you have worked and lived can be heart breaking and extremely difficult to manage.

B. The life quality of immigrants can vary from family to family such things as duration of time spent in the U.S plays a major factor in they type of assistance they would ask of the government this article goes over the different needs of families who ask the government for assistance for example those who were here for a shorter duration asked for immediate help with food and clothing as opposed to those who stayed for years asked for assistance in things like housing and transportation.

C. As part of government assistance for immigrants some people believe that technology should also be available for them such as computers since majority of information can be found online this could not only help educate them but also be used as a way to communicate and make connections with communities that they are apart of as well as a way to get a better understanding of America life through social interactions both online and in person.

D.  the public health care available to DACA recipients which gives details on what medications they can afford and what is and isn’t covered under the public health insurance programs.

E. Information on different kinds of immigrants can also help identify what type of aid or life support this person would need such as the difference between an asylum seeker and a person born in the U.S by immigrant parents.

F. Looking and comparing the difference between generational immigrate in families as they navigate both life and educational opportunities as DACA recipients.

COUNTERARGUMENT:

A compelling counter argument would be along the issue of resources as well as decision on who gets them such as government assistance why should the government provide and protect for immigrants if it can’t do so for its own American citizens who could benefit from that assistance as well.

Alongside the medical cost of hospital visits and illnesses that require large sums of money wouldn’t those benefits be better suited to the American people who can get better and return to the work.

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