Preparing for a Possible Post-DACA World

This op-ed article was written by Miriam Feldblum, co-founder and executive director of the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, and Jose Magaña-Salgado, director of policy and communications at the Presidents’ Alliance and also the founder and principal of Masa Group, an immigration policy consulting group.

DACA’s loss not only would be devastating for hundreds of thousands of current DACA recipients, but also their families and citizen children, their employers and employees, and their institutions of higher education. It is imperative for Congress to build on DACA to pass legislation that would provide permanent legal status for DACA recipients and other Dreamers. This legislative fix has long been needed, but given the precarious legal future of DACA, the time to finally deliver is now.

To read the full article from Inside Higher Ed click here