Katie Arevalo

English 101

Ms. Moix-Rogers

9/24/17

Inquiry Draft

President Trump's campaign has been one full of controversial political statements,

among them the discussion around immigration to the United States. A discussion that affects the

way we think about the economic, political, social structure, and some may argue the morality of

the United States. Trumps criticism was usually directed at Central Americans and Mexicans, so

its no surprise that the policy changes he is making are most affecting them:

President Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to the Obama-era program that shields

young undocumented immigrants from deportation, calling it an amnesty-first approach

and urging Congress to pass a replacement before he begins phasing out its protections in

six months (Shear and Davis).

Another instance where Trump lived up to his promise to tackle immigration came through his

repeal of the Temporary Protection Status that was granted to many immigrants fleeing war,

300,000 of which are from Honduras and El Salvador. Currently organizers and lawmakers the

same are working to push congress to save both forms of temporary status. After Trump

announced the removal of DACA, congress was left with a six-month time period to find a fix

for the situation for the mostly youth applicants (Singer et al) As for the TPS program, the

expiration dates date for Honduras is January 5th and for El Salvador, March 9th. The

department of Homeland security is to announce, 60 days ahead of those dates whether the

designation will be extended, and for how long (Welsh).

 Both the removal of DACA and TPS have sparked a nationwide debate about the future

of immigrants in the United States. Arguments have been made defending Trumps actions and

the thousands of immigrants currently living in the united states with DACA and TPS (I will

insert specific examples here later). Few of those arguments have been largely focused on what it

would look like for people to return to the countries they were born in but are no longer familiar

with. For example, what might it look like for someone who immigrated here as a child to return

to a country they barely know? Or what might happen if someone who fled the Civil War in El

Salvador returns to the country they knew as war torn? The many questions surrounding this

issue make it extremely important that research be conducted to find the possible outcomes of

America's future depending on the decisions of our policy makers.