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eomer

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20. I didn't say DACA isn't having any impact, obviously it is.
Sat Nov 30, 2013, 10:32 AM
Nov 2013

I said it's a small part of the overall problem, and it is. About a half million kids have taken advantage of DACA, which is only temporary and partial relief for them. Meanwhile about two million people have been deported during the Obama administration and about ten million people (DACA kids included) live as second-class citizens in our country.

And DACA is proof that President Obama does have discretion that he can use to make a difference. There are things he can do for adults, just like he did something for kids. A law change is not the only way to make things better. But instead of using that discretion to make things better (for adults) he has used it to make things worse. He has stepped up deportations through his administration's discretion, not due to any law change. He has gone along with a dubious interpretation of a law that has ICE striving to keep 34,000 detention beds filled every day, so that ICE agents are getting creative in order to fill their quotas. Among these 34,000 people who are being treated as chattel, many of them are parents separated from children and from their spouses, also prevented from working to provide for the necessities of their children and spouses. These things could be different without any change of law.

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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