Subjective Interests In Public Policy

Public policy is one of the reasons why the United States’ form of government is seen as a government for the people. Public policies can be influenced by any person or group, it is a rule or law, a process that is used to create change in order to benefit people. Politicians, interests’ groups, companies, businessmen and academics are a few o the influencers. Not all policies created have a positive impact. It depends what issues capture the attention of politicians, which issues make it onto an agenda and ultimately, which go through congress. Deborah Stone introduces two types of interests in the public policy process, objective and subjective interests. Objective interests are generally policies that affect people, whose effects are not
Due to many protests regarding the immigration law, and DACA program (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) that the Obama administration enacted, there are impacts where people who are the targeted audience faced. Under the DACA program, certain undocumented people could be given permission to stay in the country temporary (deferred action) and maybe get a work permit. This issue is a subjective interest due to the fact that its impact affects certain youth and could ultimately affect the country. The target group for this program are young adults who lived and arrived to the United States before their sixteenth birthday, who graduated high school or obtained their GED and who have not committed a felony. Whether it is a positive or negative affect depends on the person and their background. For the target group, the effects are positive, and it is a step towards
Regardless of various groups like some politicians, public opinion, social groups and movements, this issue has been put on the governmental agenda. As it passes through congress, it gets pushed aside or not even mentioned. The issue of immigration is a topic that appears in presidential debates. While running for office, Obama, like many politicians, mention immigration and promises a path for citizenship or residency When Obama was elected into office, many undocumented immigrants thought that there would be an immigration law enforced by his administration. What people do not realize is the process that a policy has to go through. An agenda could be made, there are alternatives thought of regarding the issue. The problem comes when the choice is made. Not every politicians agrees with the idea of an immigration law. That is where this issue is put to