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eomer

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16. Yes, DACA - my kids and I know many Dreamers. I've volunteered at DACA clinics.
Sat Nov 30, 2013, 09:21 AM
Nov 2013

I applaud DACA. But it is a very small number of people in the context of the overall problem. And there is a great deal of discretion in the system that the president can use. President Obama has used that discretion in order to drastically increase deportations and to increase the number of people in detention. These did not result from a change in the law but rather changes in the way the Executive Branch (ultimately under the orders of the President) uses its discretion.

Kick for Immigration Reform! Cha Nov 2013 #1
Kick.. Cha Nov 2013 #2
Very nice. Thanks for finding and posting. n/t pampango Nov 2013 #3
You're most Welcome, pampango! Cha Nov 2013 #5
Would it have been so hard for him to have met with Occupy? tina tron Nov 2013 #4
He supports immigration reform treestar Nov 2013 #8
Yes, putting a political figure on occupy would've made it easy to connect PBO with FUD... uponit7771 Nov 2013 #18
K&R! Whisp Nov 2013 #6
Thanks, Whisp! Cha Nov 2013 #7
Our President really is a community organizer at heart! struggle4progress Nov 2013 #9
KnR. Their hearts are in the right place, and they set a good example for us all, don't they? Hekate Nov 2013 #10
K&R Cali_Democrat Nov 2013 #11
1:33am KICK! Cha Nov 2013 #12
We couldn't ask for a better President. CorrectOfCenter Nov 2013 #13
President Obama has deported more people than any previous president, approaching 2 million. eomer Nov 2013 #14
DACA: ucrdem Nov 2013 #15
Yes, DACA - my kids and I know many Dreamers. I've volunteered at DACA clinics. eomer Nov 2013 #16
If you know many Dreamers isn't that a sign that DACA is having an impact? ucrdem Nov 2013 #17
I didn't say DACA isn't having any impact, obviously it is. eomer Nov 2013 #20
p.s. "only Congress can confer the right to legal permanent resident status or citizenship" ucrdem Nov 2013 #19
Thanks for clarifying this, ucr! Cha Nov 2013 #21
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