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Mental Health
It is too soon to conduct a study on the effects of repealing DACA at this point in time. However, many researchers have been able to compile predictions based on their past research on the positive influence that DACA provided for undocumented immigrants. The disparity between the hope felt by many DACA recipients upon receiving news that their application was accepted, contrasted with the fear that has been expressed by recent interviews with DACA recipients provides the beginning of what researchers believe to be a pattern. This pattern entails immigrants feeling the same stress and anxiety about deportation that individuals experienced before the creation of DACA. A study written by The New England Journal of Medicine states that “the evidence clearly indicates that rescinding DACA will have profound adverse population-level effects on mental health. Moreover, these effects will most likely be potentiated by the broader hostile political climate surrounding immigration. In addition to rescinding DACA, other elements of the Trump administration's immigration platform include enhancing authority and providing means to implement existing immigration policies, banning or reducing immigration by specific population groups, and strengthening border security.” In addition to this evaluation of the current measures being taken in correlation to the repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the study also states that “the potential mental health fallout from DACA's termination will be immensely challenging to address through our formal health care and public health systems because it is likely to be a silent and unseen problem. Removing legal protections from deportation will reduce the likelihood that Dreamers will seek help from physicians, nurses, educators, or social workers, given the very realistic fears of coming under scrutiny by immigration authorities. Such fears and isolation will make it difficult to deploy mental health treatment and public mental health resources where they will be needed most.” Addressing the issue of access to healthcare and further,the limited ac cess to medicinal or therapeutic methods when it comes to treating and diagnosing mental illness. On top of the basic emotions of fear and apprehension in regards to immigration status, any anxiety related disorder could worsen without treatment or diagnosis.

The study organized by Venkataramani and Tsai also states that “the potential mental health fallout from DACA's termination will be immensely challenging to address through our formal health care and public health systems because it is likely to be a silent and unseen problem. Removing legal protections from deportation will reduce the likelihood that Dreamers will seek help from physicians, nurses, educators, or social workers, given the very realistic fears of coming under scrutiny by immigration authorities." The limited access to medicinal or therapeutic methods when it comes to treating and diagnosing mental illness are hindered due to fear and apprehension in regards to immigration status.

Education
Education is a major priority for The DREAM Act. Education specifically for undocumented immigrants or DACA recipients is an important category to include because aspects of life taken for granted by most documented Americans such as healthcare, education, and employment opportunities are not as accessible. In a research article written by Roger M. Mahony, it is stated that the DREAM Act aims to repeal a provision of law that penalizes states for offering these students in-state tuition rates. Depending on eligibility standards, the DREAM Act could benefit as many as 1.2 million young people in the United States, giving them an opportunity to reach their educational, economic, and human potential.

Safety
After The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals was repealed, a concern for safety became prominent in undocumented families. In a study from PRI's The World, Caitlin Patler, assistant professor of sociology at UC Davis, says that DACA recipients have lost "ontological security." They think about the personal information they have given the government and worry that they will be deported or unable to work or study, she says. "These young people cannot count on the promise of the future." Many DACA recipients believe safety to be a prominent issue since the repeal of the act. In another journal by US Official News, it is revealed that "almost 800,000 youth trusted the government with their "fingerprints" and other personal information when they applied for DACA. In return, the two-year reprieve from deportation lifted the constant, everyday fear of existence that characterized their lives. These mental health gains, in addition to the fruits of all of their hard work over the past five years, are now threatened."