by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
Within the next hour or so Donald Trump is expected to announce his plan for ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) executive order initiated by President Obama more than five years ago. The Obama program, which has proven to be very popular with the American public, has allowed young people who arrived in the United States illegally, but as children, to remain in the country as they pursued education and jobs. Under the Obama plan, these individuals who had no control over their parents' decision to break United States immigration law have been allowed to apply for two-year renewable permits that allowed them to avoid deportation.
Many Americans view DACA as an overt act of kindness and fairness, but others in this country are not so understanding. Donald Trump spoke to America's intolerant element during the campaign when he promised to "immediately" end the DACA program after his election. "Immediately," of course, did not happen, and now the political blunderbuss is returning to his promise with much less gusto and personal involvement.
The intensity within the White House to end DACA, often mischaracterized as the "dreamer" program, waned as the nativists who followed Trump to Washington, people like Steve Bannon and Simon Gorka, began losing influence and disappearing from the scene. But Trump, who has of late been besieged with scandals, investigations, and political pressures from a variety of sources, has felt the need to reignite his base. To that end, he has, of late, been stoking the fires of intolerance with renewed talk of border walls and tax reform.
A key part of the Trump plan to make America whiter was the elimination of the DACA program. But now some prominent members of his own party are expressing their reluctance to send this emerging talent pool back to countries that many of them haven't seen since they were infants. Trump, ever mindful of his sinking approval ratings, is reportedly going to punt on this lightening rod issue and "defer" the implementation of his decision to end the program for six months while Congress tries to pass a permanent measure that would protect this vulnerable set of individuals.
If House Speaker Paul Ryan and his "moderate" buddies want to save the program, here is their opportunity - but if Congress fails to act, as it seems to almost constantly do, them the removal of these young people is on them. The Donald's hands are clean.
Donald John's hands will also be clean when it comes to handling today's announcement. Instead of him stepping up to the microphones and personally crushing the hopes of millions of deserving young people and their families, he is turning that task over to his evil little toad, Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
And Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, III, has no qualms whatsoever in deporting brown people and crushing dreams.
Citizen Journalist
Within the next hour or so Donald Trump is expected to announce his plan for ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) executive order initiated by President Obama more than five years ago. The Obama program, which has proven to be very popular with the American public, has allowed young people who arrived in the United States illegally, but as children, to remain in the country as they pursued education and jobs. Under the Obama plan, these individuals who had no control over their parents' decision to break United States immigration law have been allowed to apply for two-year renewable permits that allowed them to avoid deportation.
Many Americans view DACA as an overt act of kindness and fairness, but others in this country are not so understanding. Donald Trump spoke to America's intolerant element during the campaign when he promised to "immediately" end the DACA program after his election. "Immediately," of course, did not happen, and now the political blunderbuss is returning to his promise with much less gusto and personal involvement.
The intensity within the White House to end DACA, often mischaracterized as the "dreamer" program, waned as the nativists who followed Trump to Washington, people like Steve Bannon and Simon Gorka, began losing influence and disappearing from the scene. But Trump, who has of late been besieged with scandals, investigations, and political pressures from a variety of sources, has felt the need to reignite his base. To that end, he has, of late, been stoking the fires of intolerance with renewed talk of border walls and tax reform.
A key part of the Trump plan to make America whiter was the elimination of the DACA program. But now some prominent members of his own party are expressing their reluctance to send this emerging talent pool back to countries that many of them haven't seen since they were infants. Trump, ever mindful of his sinking approval ratings, is reportedly going to punt on this lightening rod issue and "defer" the implementation of his decision to end the program for six months while Congress tries to pass a permanent measure that would protect this vulnerable set of individuals.
If House Speaker Paul Ryan and his "moderate" buddies want to save the program, here is their opportunity - but if Congress fails to act, as it seems to almost constantly do, them the removal of these young people is on them. The Donald's hands are clean.
Donald John's hands will also be clean when it comes to handling today's announcement. Instead of him stepping up to the microphones and personally crushing the hopes of millions of deserving young people and their families, he is turning that task over to his evil little toad, Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
And Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, III, has no qualms whatsoever in deporting brown people and crushing dreams.
1 comment:
It is in the interest of the remnant of real Republicans to see that Trump is impeached and quickly. As odious as is Pence, he at least presents the facade of being a fair and just man. Machiavelli's maxim that the good use of evil is the quick use of evil is now in play. As the drum beats daily on the deplorable deeds of the President and his closest allies, we see the bad use of evil, which is the slow use of evil, eroding the credibility of the GOP.
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