My Quest to Defend DREAMers. What do you think about defending DREAMers?
Hello,
My name is Karlene. I am an educationalist (a tutor, lecturer, teacher, examiner, exam specialist, teacher-trainer) and a travelling volunteer from London (UK). I love to help and encourage children and adults around the world.
I am raising funds for my Doctorate in Education Leadership (Ed.D.) research and to become a US Defence Lawyer. To raise funds, I am teaching, lecturing, proofreading / marking, and offering life and confidence coaching sessions.
You can view my profile on my website: http://www.englishenglish.net/tutor
** I teach and coach online and in person. I am always looking for students and clients to encourage and assist.
I wish to become trained to legally defend DACA recipients (DREAMers) and the cause of other individuals facing injustice and displacement (such as the UK Windrush situation). My research focuses on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme and DREAMers (DACA recipients).
*DREAMers (DACA recipients) are undocumented young people who arrived in the US as children. Many were babies.
*The Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme was started by former US President Barack Obama and his Administration in 2012. One reason the Obama Administration started the DACA programme was to provide a temporary legal pathway to protect DACA recipients from deportation. Last year, the new administration attempted to stop the program. That attempt was blocked. Nevertheless, DACA recipients still do not have US citizenship and they still face possible imminent deportation.
Today, there are at least 800,000 DACA recipients (men and women, boys and girls) living in the US. For many, the US is the only home they have ever known. They are students, teachers, professors, homemakers and more. They were born in different parts of the world (Mexico, Central or South America, Asia, the Far East, the Caribbean, Europe and Africa).
Although the DACA programme continues, new applications to the programme are no longer being accepted. DACA recipients still do not have a legal pathway to gaining permanent US citizenship.
But, there is hope, and "hope does not disappoint"!
My Path to becoming a US Defence Lawyer
I have already started my UK-based doctorate in Education Leadership (Ed.D). I am about to be at the writing stage of my doctorate thesis. I wish to begin legal writing for my research. To do so, I need to be trained how to write through the perspective of US Law. Amazingly, I have been accepted at a university in California to complete legal writing studies.
My desire is three-fold:
- To work with senior US educators to design an interactive experience-based education programme which further reaches out to and supports DACA recipients through their everyday experience
- To work with legal professionals seeking a permanent pathway to US citizenship for the young people
- To become a US Defence Lawyer
To complete my goals, I wish to do the following:
- Begin writing my doctorate thesis
- Incorporate legal writing within my work, via
completing a legal studies programme in California
- Complete a JD Law programme in California
In my next blog, I will outline a few of my thoughts regarding defending DREAMers.
I wonder what your thoughts are about DREAMers, defending DREAMers, the DACA programme. Perhaps you are a DREAMer or you know someone who is. Whoever you are, I'd love to hear your constructive comments.
You're welcome to leave a comment here too.
All the best,
Karlene
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