DACA – Madison Catholic Herald Archive (2001-2025)

President Donald Trump announced on Friday, Jan. 25, that he would grant a temporary, three-week reopening of the federal government, even without a deal for border wall funding.

He signed a bill to reopen the government until February 15 and promised that federal employees would receive their backpay “very quickly.”

I was happy to hear that the federal government was reopening, but this doesn’t mean we won’t face a shut-down again in the future. We have to do something to get our government back on track permanently.

Editorial

On January 9, 2019February 15, 2022

Mary C. Uhler, Catholic Herald Staff

Immigrants have positive effect on U.S. economy

Contrary to some of the anti-immigrant rhetoric we’ve been hearing these days, immigrants actually have a positive effect on the U.S. economy and society.

I checked a number of studies about the effects of immigration, and nearly all of them gave statistics showing that immigration is good for our country.

Editorial

On March 7, 2018February 15, 2022

Mary C. Uhler, Catholic Herald Staff

Let’s get something done for Dreamers

When I think about the DACA program, Alan comes to my mind. His story was highlighted in an article published early this year in the Catholic Herald.

The article discussed immigrants who have received help at the Catholic Multicultural Center (CMC) in Madison.

State News

On September 14, 2017

Chris Lee

Wisconsin bishops respond to termination of DACA

MADISON — The Catholic bishops of Wisconsin have issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s announced termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program six months from now:

“The bishops of Wisconsin affirm their support for the continued protection of youth under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Most of the nearly 8,000 DACA Wisconsinites, who are among almost 800,000 DACA young adults nationwide, know no other home than the U.S., having been brought here in their youth through no choice of their own.

Editorial

On August 17, 2017February 15, 2022

Mary C. Uhler, Catholic Herald Staff

Take action to protect dreamers

The official name for individuals who meet the general requirements of the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act is DREAMers.

However, I think we could call them dreamers in the regular sense, because they are young people who dream of staying in the United States and becoming citizens of this country.

In 2012, a policy called the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — popularly known as DACA — was implemented under the Obama administration. It gave young people — mostly 15 to 30 years of age — a temporary reprieve from deportation and the authorization to be employed in our country.