Ever get the feeling you’re being played? Sure, rescinding DACA sounds heartless, but why wouldn’t it when everything’s been positioned in terms of children and “dreamers” and on and on? And now a video is spreading of young woman breaking down into tears in front of reporters on Capitol Hill Wednesday over fears she’ll be deported.
‘I’m gonna be sent back to a country that I’ve ever been to and I’m gonna lose every opportunity that I have.’ pic.twitter.com/JWzDsYfoSf
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/saniiera/status/905857861548466176
We don’t like to see people cry (or choke on pubes), but we also don’t like to see legislation passed just to stop people crying, any more than we like to see a poem bolted to the Statue of Liberty interpreted as immigration policy.
With regard to the law, we need to change the way the SCOTUS works. The constitution should be disregarded and FEELINGS should govern. https://t.co/iXNXyt7kEb
— Bill Sanderson (@BanCollectivism) September 9, 2017
Be pissed at your parents.
And BTW, the Progressive's ❤️ for "Indigenous People" & foreign cultures over America's, you should be thrilled! https://t.co/w7QBOtPJHU
— Rants Outloud (@RantsOutloud) September 9, 2017
The thing is, deportation seems very unlikely after President Trump said he’d “revisit the issue” if Congress doesn’t pass the DREAM Act in the next six months. In other words, if Congress does nothing (a good bet), he’s opened the door to extending DACA indefinitely.
For a heartless but solid take on this whole mess, we now turn to National Review’s Kevin Williamson.
https://twitter.com/KevinNR/status/906286599956291584
Karen Caudillo’s parents brought their children to America illegally, forcing them to live “in the shadows,” and then President Obama gave them false hope by implementing an extra-constitutional policy that skirted Congress and allowed him to get a safe distance from office when it came crashing down.
So blame Trump, who, again, doesn’t seem very anxious to deport DREAMers.
I'm confused how we are deporting American citizens to countries they've never been to. How is that constitutional?
— Annika (@AnnikaSkywalker) September 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/KevinNR/status/906292472795582470
https://twitter.com/simon_bazelon/status/906292345091620864
https://twitter.com/KevinNR/status/906292799938625536
If your parents did something illegal, should you be punished for it?
— Matthew Nadler (@matthewmuses) September 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/KevinNR/status/906341019297488896
So, the sins of the father (and the mother) must be visited on her? Is that a Christian view? Not my Christianity.
— M H (@MH06377217) September 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/KevinNR/status/906341288164958209
See that word “law” that keeps popping up? That’s why Trump punted over to the legislative branch. You want to change the law? Then change the law, and then enforce it.
Many people are in bad positions through no fault of their own. Does that mean we don't help? Of course not. We help because we are good.
— Andrew Craft (@acraft) September 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/KevinNR/status/906596966607605762
This is a disturbingly authoritarian attitude. "Enforce the law" because it's the law!
— george e. mead iv (@gmeadiv) September 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/KevinNR/status/906599481344479233
And we’ve already seen what happens in a country where we elect a new president every four or eight years.
We’re not sure the crying girl is from Mexico, although the large majority of DREAMers are. Why doesn’t Vicente Fox, former Mexican president, instead of spending his time online trolling Trump, do something to reassure her that Mexico would be a good move for her? There’s opportunity there too, right? She can own a business there, correct?
Why are you going to lose every opportunity? You can't go to school there? Can't get a job there? https://t.co/LlrQfpw8ZT
— BayAreaFrau (@bayareahausfrau) September 9, 2017
According to detectives on Reddit, she apparently she owns an organic cleaning business incorporated in the state of Florida … that’s a good trick considering she’s an illegal alien.
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Related:
‘You can’t trump the dream’: Vicente Fox concern-trolls POTUS over DACA program, is owned https://t.co/gm8v6mwiSX
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 2, 2017
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