President Obama established this new program called DAPA to build on DACAs success. which allows their parents. under certain circumstances. to stay in the United States on a temporary basis. Under the Presidents second program. DAPA. undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States at least 5 years and have American children are required to come forward. pay a filing fee. register with the government. pass a criminal and national security background check. and then pay their fair share of taxes. Those are the conditions. If they violate any of them. they are subject to deportation. If the government determines that these parents have not committed any serious crimes. do not pose any threat to our safety. this new Executive order says. on a temporary basis. they will not be targeted for deportation. I have seen this in Chicago. and I have seen it around Illinois. Many people think the undocumented live in a household full of undocumented people. That is almost never the case. What I found over and over again is that perhaps one parent. usually the mother. is undocumentedthe father. a citizen. kids born in America. citizens. the mother. undocumented. Are we really safer as a nation to break up that family and deport the mother if she is no threat to this country? I dont think so.
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Generalization that undocumented immigrants live in households full of undocumented people.