The DACA Problem
During the campaign, Trump said that illegals would have to
go to the “back of the line” and apply for citizenship. He signaled that they
would not be given a path to citizenship.
Obama created DACA and the courts have decided it isn’t
legal, so Trump notified the DACA folks that he had to terminate the
program. Trump did invite Congress to
address this problem. He also wants to
eliminate the lottery and chain migration immigration programs
Over the decades 800,000 children of illegal immigrants
were brought to the US. These were not
anchor babies who were given citizenship.
They are the children of non-citizen illegal immigrants, many of whom
are now adults, who attended US schools and are now living mostly in California
and Texas.
There are 43 million immigrants in the US. Of these, there
are 11 million illegal immigrants in the US. Of the 800,000 DACA program
children, 22% are under age 25 and 3000 have jobs.
DACA program folks have work permits and many are going to
college in the US, I assume on student loans.
There are probably 1,600,000 parents of these 800,000 DACA
program folks who are working. They could all be given temporary work permit
status, but no citizenship.
Welfare needs to be eliminated for non-citizens as soon as
possible. Those immigrants who can
support themselves will stay and those who cannot will likely move back to
their home countries. Many DACA families will self-select and reduce their
numbers.
Before we deal with the DACA program folks, we need to end
the lottery and chain migration and deal with the immigrant welfare problem.
Taxpayers are subsidizing legal immigrants, illegal immigrants and refugees.
The cost is enormous.
Employers of immigrants will need to adjust to hiring US
citizens. What we are doing now is unsustainable.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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