I'm not completely up to speed on DACA, but here's my quick take.
The people that came here illegally decided that America was better than the countries where they were. They also decided that America was better than their other options. They didn't go to Sudan, Bolivia or Zimbabwe, they came to America.
America's goodies are predicated on the rule of law. Without it, we're run by mobs and life is unpredictable. No treats like top universities or good jobs then! So the DACA people came here because the rule of law allowed us to create the things they wanted to consume. Now that they're here, the rule of law is in their way and needs to be suspended. Just for them. Just in this circumstance. Because they say so.
Welcome to the United States of DACA.
So a small quibble... a better, more accurate, sentence would read "So the DACA people came here because [their parents brought them here because] the rule of law allowed us to create the things they wanted to consume". That's the pernicious part of this. The people covered by DACA, really are not responsible for their being here. Consequently, as 'law and order' as I am, I have deep sympathy for them. My concern is that if we do legalize them then what's to stop their scofflaw parents from becoming residents on their backs. That's got to be absolutely denied, no matter what the final outcome of this arguement is.
ReplyDeleteI'd also add that of all the things I see and hear in the protests, the part that seems to hurt their case, and yet stays constant, is all the signs I see in Spanish. If they truly want to convince middle America that they really can't go back to countries they "don't know", then they should realize that signs that aren't in English are not helping their cause.