Last month, the Trump Administration announced plans to end
President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
("DACA") program. This change in policy is sure to have a
significant impact on employers.
First, a little background on DACA. Beginning in the 1990s,
illegal immigration from Central and South America changed. Illegal
immigrants used to consist of predominantly working-age men who
crossed the border to go to work, then returned at the end of the
day. This changed when more and more families crossed illegally to
settle permanently in hopes of finding a better life here in the
United States. This change meant that millions of children who grew
up here but were brought here illegally were vulnerable to
deportation due to a choice their parents made for them. It is very
difficult to obtain legal status after coming here illegally. So,
these millions of childhood arrivals could potentially be forced to
return to a country of which they have no recollection
