Q: As a DACA recipient, do I run any risks as a pipeline surveyor accepting a job down in Corpus Christi, TX?
A:
The State Government in Texas is controlled and funded by politicians, many of whom support the current extreme restrictions on lawful immigration. Those who violate Federal immigration law are more likely to be challenged in border states within the 100 mile perimeter of the border. DACA can end, soon, if the Supreme Court rules in favor of Trump’s decision to end it.
You must make a personal decision given the situation. You are in lawful status, with proof, but received the employment card and DACA because you are otherwise unlawfully present. The card can end when the program ends.
Congress is unable to provide most intending, yet unlawful, immigrants a ‘practical solution’ to resolve unlawful presence. This, even if they have resided in the U. S. for decades. Congress is equally unable to reasonably fund the extreme restrictions that it enacted from 1986 and 1998.
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