the policy.
“These policies come with
a lot of background risks and
threats to our community that
a lot of people, unless you are
undocumented,
don’t
know,”
Contreras said.
Obama’s use of unilateral
powers to enact DACA was a
decision rooted in Congress’
failure
to
reach
a
solution
addressing
issues
faced
by
undocumented immigrants.
A
legislative
measure
to
provide a pathway to citizenship
for undocumented immigrants
brought to the U.S. as children
— known as the Dream Act —
was first proposed to Congress
in 2001. Since then, the Dream
Act has cyclically been brought
back into the spotlight, including
in
2012
when
the
Obama
administration
announced
it
would
stop
deporting
undocumented
immigrants
who fit certain criteria. When
President
Donald
Trump
entered the Oval Office in 2017,
his wavering position on DACA
heralded an uncertain future for
DACA recipients. In September
2017, Trump announced the
rescission of DACA would begin
on March 5, 2018. The timing of
the announcement purposefully
allowed for a six-month window
in order to spur congressional
action in addressing the issue.
As congressional leadership
has spent the month of February
engaging in closed door debate
over DACA, lower courts in
New York and California have
issued injunctions requiring the
continuation of DACA permit
renewals. On Feb. 26, the U.S.
Supreme Court added another
layer of uncertainty to the status
of DACA recipients, refusing to
hear Trump’s bid that DACA is
unconstitutional and upholding
the prior injunctions.
Charles Shipan, University of
Michigan professor of political
science, predicted the Supreme
Court would be hesitant to
weigh in on the DACA program
because of the court’s wariness
toward political issues. Shipan
cited the saturated congressional
dialogue regarding immigration
as a reason for why the Supreme
Court would view DACA as
a political issue rather than a
question of legality. The Supreme
Court’s deferral of the DACA case
to the lower courts means DACA
will stay in place at least until the
U.S. Court of Appeals hears it;
however, this process could take
months.
Shipan
believes
legislative
inaction
on
DACA
reflects
the hallmarks of the current
congressional
climate:
Polarization, internal Republican
party divisions and presidential
pressure. Yet, Shipan suggested
the emphasis on the polarization
narrative sometimes overlooks
other contributing factors of the
DACA policy stalemate.
“There is a fair amount of
agreement between a lot of
Republicans
and
Democrats,
which would be to provide a path
of citizenship for the Dreamers
and increase funding for border
security,” Shipan said. “If that
would be put to a vote right now
in both chambers it would win
because we would get a number
of Democrats and a number of
Republicans to agree to that.
The polarization is a problem,
but I actually think that gets
overstated as a problem in this
issue.”
Yet as the three government
branches
wrestle
over
the
future of DACA, for many DACA
recipients, including Contreras,
the
turmoil
of
the
Trump
administration weighs heavier
than the March 5 deadline.
“Generally, if I am going to be
honest, I am kind of burnt out
or numb to the fact that DACA
or the Dream Act isn’t going to
be a reality in the next year,”
Contreras said. “Just because
first it was December, then it was
February, now it is March 5 and
nothing is going to happen on
March 5. It is constant, I hate to
be so pessimistic and negative,
but it is just the trend that has
been following.”
The uncertainty that shadows
DACA has led institutions
like the University to evaluate
their own commitment to
undocumented
student
populations. The University
does not keep an official
record of the number of
undocumented
students
and
University
President
Mark Schlissel has pledged
to protect the identity and
information of unauthorized
immigrant students.
On March 2, following the
Supreme Court’s decision not
to hear the case, Schlissel
released
a
statement
reaffirming the University’s
support. Schlissel highlighted
the
University
actions
including
collaborating
with
other
institutions,
hiring Hector Galvan within
the
Office
of
Academic
Multicultural Initiatives to
assist undocumented students
who
seek
support
and
publishing DACA resources
and contacts online.
Kristin
Bhaumik,
the
associate director of the Office
of Financial Aid, emphasized
the University’s commitment
to the financial resources of
all
undergraduate
students,
including DACA recipients.
“DACA is a subcategory of
the students who are eligible,”
Bhaumik said. “We have never
made that eligibility contingent
on DACA. The pending rescission
impacts so many things in
their lives and is something I
personally worry about for many
of the students that I know, but
the funding that this University
is providing is not contingent on
that status at the undergraduate
level.”
Contreras was part of the fight
for tuition parity as a member of
the Coalition for Tuition Equality
in 2011. Prior to the 2013 update
of
the
residency
pathways,
undocumented students were
unable to qualify for in-state
tuition.
However, DACA recipients
are ineligible for Federal Student
Aid,
which
includes
federal
loans, grants and work study. In
light of this, the University has
worked with DACA recipients to
find alternative funding avenues.
“It wasn’t the same time that
residency
was
updated,
but
about a year or two afterwards,
Provost
Pollack
authorized
some unrestricted scholarship
funding to assist undocumented
and DACA-mented students with
need-based resources,” Bhaumik
said.
Contreras
is
grateful
for
the financial aid that has been
provided to him through these
allocated funds.
“Every year (the regents) vote
on it to decide how much funding
there will be and if there will be
any funding at all. So far, we have
gotten lucky; ever since 2013 they
have been continuously voting to
fund it,” Contreras said.
Bhaumik explained how the
University’s financial aid policies
are constantly being evaluated to
ensure the University is acting
in accordance with state and
federal law.
“Right now, we think we are
still operating in a way that is
both legal, defensible and in the
best interest of our Michigan
residents, but that is constantly
being evaluated,” Bhaumik said.
While DACA continues to be
at the forefront of media and
political dialogue, for Contreras
— a student activist since high
school — the constant state
of
uncertainty
has
proven
exhausting.
2A — Monday, March 5, 2018
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
TUESDAY:
By Design
FRIDAY:
Behind the Story
WEDNESDAY:
This Week in History
News
THURSDAY:
Twitter Talk
MONDAY:
Looking at the Numbers
ROSEANNE CHAO/Daily
420 Maynard St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327
www.michigandaily.com
ARTS SECTION
arts@michigandaily.com
SPORTS SECTION
sports@michigandaily.com
ADVERTISING
dailydisplay@gmail.com
NEWS TIPS
news@michigandaily.com
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
tothedaily@michigandaily.com
EDITORIAL PAGE
opinion@michigandaily.com
NATHAN GUPTA
Business Manager
734-418-4115 ext. 1241
nathankg@michigandaily.com
ALEXA ST. JOHN
Editor in Chief
734-418-4115 ext. 1251
alexastj@michigandaily.com
PHOTOGRAPHY SECTION
photo@michigandaily.com
NEWSROOM
734-418-4115 opt. 3
CORRECTIONS
corrections@michigandaily.com
The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the
fall and winter terms by students at the University OF Michigan. One copy is available
free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for
$2. Subscriptions for September-April are $250 and year long subscriptions are $275.
University affiliates are subject to a reduced subscription rate. On-campus subscriptions
for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid.
DAYTON HARE
Managing Editor haredayt@michigandaily.com
RIYAH BASHA and SOPHIE SHERRY
Managing News Editor news@michigandaily.com
Senior News Editors: Andrew Hiyama, Carly Ryan, Kaela Theut, Matt Harmon,
Maya Goldman
Assistant News Editors: Jordyn Baker, Remy Farkas, Riley Langefeld, Elizabeth
Lawrence, Rachel Leung, Molly Norris, Maeve O’Brien, Shannon Ors, Amara
Shaikh, Katherina Sourine
ANU ROY-CHAUDHURY and ASHLEY ZHANG
Editorial Page Editors
tothedaily@michigandaily.com
Senior Opinion Editors: Elena Hubbell, Emily Huhman, Jeremy Kaplan, Tara
Jayaram, Ellery Rosenzweig
MIKE PERSAK and ORION SANG
Managing Sports Editors sportseditors@michigandaily.com
DANIELLE YACOBSON and MADELEINE GAUDIN
Managing Arts Editors
arts@michigandaily.com
Senior Arts Editors: Becky Portman, Sam Rosenberg, Arya Naidu, Dominic
Polsinelli
Arts Beat Editors: Danny Hensel, Erika Shevchek, Matt Gallatin, Naresh
Iyengar
ALEXIS RANKIN and KATELYN MULCAHY
Managing Photo Editors photo@michigandaily.com
ROSEANNE CHAO and CASEY TIN
Managing Design Editors
design@michigandaily.com
BRIAN KUANG
Statement Editor statement@michigandaily.com
Deputy Editors: Colin Beresford, Jennifer Meer, Rebecca Tarnopol
FINN STORER and ELISE LAARMAN
Managing Copy Editors copydesk@michigandaily.com
Senior Copy Editors: Emily Stillman and Allie Bopp
BOB LESSER and JORDAN WOLFF
Managing Online Editors
lesserrc@michigandaily.com
Senior Web Developers: Patricia Huang, Abna Panda, Hassaan Ali Wattoo,
Rebecca Tung
IAN HARRIS
Managing Video Editor video@michigandaily.com
Senior Video Editors: Abe Lofy, Robby Weinbaum, Jillian Drzinski, Danielle Kim
JASON ROWLAND and ASHLEY TJHUNG
Michigan in Color Editors michiganincolor@michigandaily.com
Senior Michigan in Color Editors: Lorna Brown, Zainab Bhindarwala,
Christian Paneda, Nisa Khan, Na’kia Channey
Assistant Michigan in Color Editors: Angelo McKoy, Kareem Shunnar, Maya
Mokh, Priya Judge, Efe Osagie
ANNA HARITOS and KAYLA WATERMAN
Managing Social Media Editors
Editorial Staff
Business Staff
EMILY RICHNER
Sales Manager
DEANA ZHU and JEFFREY ZHANG
Marketing Managers
CAROLINE GOLD
Media Consulting Manager
CLAIRE BUTZ
Business Development Manager
JULIA SELSKY
Local Accounts Manager
SANJANA PANDIT
Production Manager
Senior Photo Editors: Amelia Cacchione, Emma Richter, Evan Aaron
Assistant Photo Editors: Claire Meingast, Sam Mousigian, Aaron Baker, Ryan
McLoughlin, Alec Cohen
Senior Sports Editors: Laney Byler, Mark Calcagno, Robert Hefter, Max
Marcovitch, Paige Voeffray, Ethan Wolfe
Assistant Sports Editors: Aria Gerson, Ben Katz, Tien Le, Anna Marcus, Ethan
Sears, Jacob Shames
EASY
© sudokugenerator.com. For personal use only.
Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku, Godoku, Samurai Sudoku
and Killer Sudoku puzzles at sudokugenerator.com!
Sudoku Generator
http://sudokugenerator.com/sudoku/generator/print/
1 of 1
10/1/2010 1:26 PM
WELCOME BACK! puzzle by sudokusyndication.com
Read more at
MichiganDaily.com
Business, Engineering and LSA
students from the University of
Michigan collaborated to form
Upstart, a team that recently
won the Social Impact Challenge,
a contest held by the Center of
Social Impact. Now, the students
are talking with the Detroit
Economic Growth Corporation
to implement their plan and to
provide a boost to Detroit’s retail
industry.
The DEGC is an organization
that aims to help entrepreneurs
establish short term pop-ups.
According to a press release,
members of the DEGC say they
hope to utilize the teams’ ideas.
According to the Detroit Free
Press, Detroit’s economy has
improved over the last several
years, but the city still struggles to
maintain retail stores. The Social
Impact Challenge gives graduate
and undergraduate students the
opportunity to work together to
develop solutions to real life social
issues, such as Detroit’s retail
industry.
Upstart is encouraging the
DEGC to acquire longer term
leases with building landlords
so that pop-ups will be attracted
by shorter term leases. The
team also proposed including
renovation grants and training for
entrepreneurs.
Upstart member Brie Riley, a
Business junior, said the group’s
goal was not just to create a
pop-up, but to help sustainable
business.
“We
hope
we’ll
get
the
opportunity to work with DEGC
and see these ideas implemented,”
Riley said in the press release.“We
don’t want to just create a pop-
up. We want to create long-term
sustainable shops.”
Kyla Carlsen, DEGC small
business financial manager, said
the organization is looking into
ways to incorporate the winning
students’ ideas to promote Detroit
business and to add sustainability
to stores.
“We saw a need for this interim
opportunity for entrepreneurs to
try out their product, to set them
up for long-term success and lower
the barriers for people to locate in
our neighborhoods,” Carlsen said
the release.
-RACHEL LEUNG
ON THE DAILY: STUDENTS RE-PLAN POP-UPS
DACA
From Page 1A