translated from Spanish: Mexico backs Daca program before US court

Mexico, Mexico.- The Government of Mexico defended the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program before the Supreme Court of States Unidos.La Secretariat of Foreign Affairs filed a legal appeal today called a legal appeal called Amicus Curiae (Friend of the Court) where he highlighted the benefits of maintaining the program and the adverse consequences that its conclusion would have for the young beneficiaries, their families and the Mexican community in the United States.

In the document, Mexico asserted that terminating DACA would force its beneficiaries to return to a situation of vulnerability, as they did not have an authorization to work, travel and drive. He also said this would have an impact on the U.S. economy, as DACA recipients are estimated to pay $5.7 billion in federal taxes and $3.1 billion in state taxes each year.

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In total 97 percent of beneficiaries are employed or studying high school, undergraduate or graduate. The Chancellery recalled that daca youth are a fundamental part of the social fabric of States Unidos.Su average age of arrival in that country is seven years and the average time of stay there is 22 years; DACA, an estimated 328,000 families would lose their livelihoods.

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Mexico respects each country’s sovereign right to decide its migration policies; at the same time expresses its legitimate and substantial interest in protecting the rights of its citizens, in accordance with international law and in accordance with its practice of bringing these appeals to the courts of the United States, it set out the dependence on a Statement.

Since 2012, when the program began, 800,000 people have benefited; of these, about 80 percent are Mexican.

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