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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