The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy was started by the Obama administration in 2012. However, one of the main agendas of Donald Trump’s administration has always been to take down the DACA. As the case is being heard at the Supreme Court, there’s a fear that more than 9000 teachers and staff may lose their jobs if the verdict is in favor of Trump’s administration.
The current case in the supreme court holds the future of almost 700,000 people that were illegally brought to the states when they were children.
At this moment, there are more than 20,000 teachers and staff, protected under DACA, who have applied for the teacher certification. Students across the whole country are worried about their teachers who fear the exodus of their teachers.
DACA policy holds the education system of the US together
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) verdict is scheduled for next year. If the result forces to abolish DACA, these teachers and other immigrants would be deported. In a report filed by the National Education Association (NEA), if the DACA recipients are deported from the country, the education system of the whole country would come down.
There are thousands of certified teachers and thousands of them are in the process. These teachers are not only a part of the country but are also very helpful to the multi-lingual students. With DACA no longer in existence, teachers and the other staff would be leaving their schools randomly and that would create a massive shortage.
The DACA policy was put to an end by Trump’s administration in 2017. However, many federal judges of the US didn’t support the move.
The president of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten feels that for years politicians, irrespective of their political allegiance, understood how important immigrants are to the United States as a country and as an economy. The AFT represents thousands of teachers who are DACA recipients and are one of the many groups protesting outside the SCOTUS for a fair judgment.
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