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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.

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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.

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