September 8th, 2017

 

"Legislation and Immigrants"

 

-By Jim Culp

 

I've read recently that there is a growing debate about DACA, the reversal of DACA, and the accusations by parties on subjects surrounding DACA.

I'm not going to get into the history or the explanations of this program; that is for you, the reader and citizen, to study and understand yourself.

I've been accused of being a "fence rider," and a guy that isn't for "either side." Both are right. I don't conform to social constructs that try and label me. I am a free man that seeks the truth, and a veteran that knows full well what can happen when freedom is lost.

Instead, I'm just posting my thirteen opinions, and you can agree or disagree with them as you please.

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1.         DACA was written for people to be able to stay here in the USA and work. It wasn't a "commie plot" or an attempt to get more of "them damn foreigners" living here.

2.         The accusation that President Obama's Executive Order creating DACA was an "abuse of that power" is both ludicrous and as unfounded as it is untrue.

Presidents use Executive Orders to push agendas through. Some are good, some are bad. They ALL DO IT, and in the case of the last three presidents; profusely.

 

Bill Clinton               364

George W. Bush       291

Barack Obama          276

Donald Trump         45

 

3.         The accusation that DACA recipients commit more crimes than persons that already have citizenship is both unfounded and false.

4.         DACA is not the product of some conspiracy, it is the action of a leader that saw a specific need and acted accordingly.

5.         Adding to number 4, don't blame the people who participated in DACA, blame your Congress that can't come to a decision about anything without taking a year to do it. Elect new Congressmen.

6.         Don't blame a mother for wanting to protect her child, or a person for wanting a better life. If you are reading this, you are an immigrant unless you are a First Generation Native American.

7.         Let me be clear (if not obverse) for my last five points. I have heard all the arguments, and I respect anyone's opinion as long as it is made with clear statement and with respect for the person they are addressing.

8.         Absolutely no one should get free college, unless we all get free college.

9.         Absolutely no one should get free health care, unless we all get free health care.

10.       About having babies: You can have one, or you can have twelve. But how ever many you have, you need to have a plan of how to support them. The American taxpayer is not responsible for feeding or educating your babies.

11.       We continue to dodge the fact that our Congress that lives in a financial and social bubble has no idea what it is like to live paycheck to paycheck. Get rid of ALL of them, and start over.

12.       There are millions of people that cannot begin to understand what it is like to return to your home after a war, flood, or tornado and see a flat piece of earth where that structure once stood. It is a sad fact, and detriment to our society; that most of them never will.

13.       You can rant and rave that Trump is going to save the day. Maybe he will.

But that doesn't change that our system is broken. So I say to you, my fellow citizens; that until it is fixed, there won't be any real union as a nation.