Analysis: DACA Boosts Young Immigrants’ Well-Being, Mental Health [NBCNews.com]

Samantha Sangenito 6/16/174:00 AM

Five years ago, President Barack Obama made an announcement that would drastically change the lives of up to 1.9 million young immigrants who moved to the United States as children. On June 15, 2012, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) was born, temporarily deferring deportations and providing renewable two-year work permits for eligible undocumented youth. Today, nearly 790,000 young people have received DACA and, as a result, have experienced significant improvements in their mental health and well-being.

[For more of this story, written by Roberto G. Gonzales and Kristina Brant, go to http://www.nbcnews.com/news/la...ental-health-n772431]

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Colin OpsethMember

Good morning,
Just a quick question.. Is ACEsConnection a platform for trauma informed discussion? Been quite a few articles about illegal immigration being posted. I am a legal immigrant and this is kind of a hit button issue for me. I cannot support illegal immigration for a number of reasons (which, I may add, I can argue quite well). I came to ACEsConnection hoping to find information to assist with my dissertation, and to provoke deeper discussion.

If you could clarify a bit, I would appreciate it.

Thanks,
Colin

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