Results: DACA Rescinded
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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is an American immigration policy founded by the Obama administration in June 2012. DACA allows certain illegal immigrants who entered the country as minors, to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and eligibility for a work permit. The policy was created after acknowledgment that these students had been largely raised in the United States, and was seen as a way to remove immigration enforcement attention from "low priority" individuals with good behavior. The illegal immigrant student population was rapidly increasing; approximately 65,000 illegal immigrant students graduate from U.S. high schools on a yearly basis. From the start, the Pew Research Center estimated that up to 1.7 million people might be eligible. As of June 2016, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) had received 844,931 initial applications for DACA status, of which 741,546 (88%) were approved, 60,269 (7%) were denied, and 43,121 (5%) were pending. Over half of those accepted reside in California and Texas. Are you aware of DACA?
Yes
53%
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1235 votes
No
47%
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1111 votes
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Did you watch the news this morning regarding the decision to rescind the program? Yes
36%
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841 votes
No
64%
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1505 votes
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I had a chat with a fellow this morning, regarding what I was aware of. Now I want to know what you know. In regards to undocumented persons, check off what is true for you: I know at least one person who is here illegally
13%
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299 votes
I know at least one person who came here illegally as a child
10%
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234 votes
I know someone who was born here, but at least one of their parents or grandparents are still undocumented
10%
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236 votes
I know someone who came to my country (US or Canada) on vacation, and never went back (undocumented)
6%
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147 votes
I know someone who came here on a work permit, which expired, but they are still here
7%
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158 votes
I know a business owner who is undocumented
4%
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84 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
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11 votes
Not Applicable
75%
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1760 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.34% | 4 | |
| I know only legal people living here. | 0.09% | 1 |
| I know people as people and I don't ask where they're from or if they're "legally" in the country. I don't care if they're 'undocumented', I care for the person, not their background. | 0.09% | 1 |
| No one who has ever reveiled to me that they came the the U.S. illegally | 0.09% | 1 |
| In my area we don't ask questions | 0.09% | 1 |
| I suspect some who I have encountered to be illegal aliens | 0.09% | 1 |
| I see ;ots of mexican people but do not know if yjey are legal or not | 0.09% | 1 |
| I don't know if I know | 0.09% | 1 |
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Do you one of above circumstances apply to you? Yes, currently
4%
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89 votes
It once did, but not anymore
4%
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95 votes
No
92%
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2162 votes
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Do you support DACA? Yes
48%
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1125 votes
No
52%
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1221 votes
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