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    Why Texas needs Donald Trump to make the Dreamer program permanent

    Why Texas needs Donald Trump to make the Dreamer program permanent


    We're glad to see President Donald Trump give a reprieve — even if it is temporary — to hundreds of thousands of unauthorized immigrants who were brought to this country as small children
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    For months, 800,000 of these so-called Dreamers have lived with uncertainty that the president would make good on his pledge to "immediately terminate" the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which provides them protection to work and go to school in the U.S.

    On the campaign trail, Trump called the program an "illegal executive amnesty" and promised to end it immediately. He's smart to change course, allowing the Dreamers to stay and renew their permits every two years — at least for now.

    The Trump administration stressed that this decision is temporary, that the president has still not decided the long-term fate of the program, put in place by President Barack Obama in 2012.

    Here's why Trump should make this reprieve permanent: Deporting the Dreamers is unworkable and not in the best interest of this country. It punishes achievers, many of whom didn't even know they were here illegally.

    Take DACA recipient Karla Perez, 24, who along with other Texas Dreamers was a 2015 finalist for Texan of the Year. She was just 2 when her parents brought her to Texas from Mexico City. She graduated from high school here. She's now pursuing a law degree at the University of Houston and is one of the bright young civil rights leaders in this state.


    Daniel Candelaria, left, and Karla Perez, both DACA beneficiaries from Houston, arrive at the Capitol on April 25 to deliver petitions in opposition of the "sanctuary cities" bill.
    (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman)



    We've long argued that missing from Trump's tough talk is a sense of the fiscal, logistical and humanitarian realities involved in his anti-immigration everyone-must-go-now approach. We need comprehensive immigration reform for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country, not policies that create chaos.



    Immigration attorney Daniel Stewart conducts a workshop for immigrants on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA), hosted by the Texas Organizing Project (TOP), on May 24, 2016 at Sunset High School in Dallas.
    (Ben Torres/Special Contributor)

    Beyond the humanitarian and logistical concerns, there are real economic consequences. That's especially true in Texas, where there are 141,000 DACA recipients — the second-highest in the country.

    The Center for American Progress estimates that the Texas economy would lose $6.1 billion annually if 100,000 workers were deported. About 55,000 of them own vehicles. They pay taxes and buy and sell goods. Many of them are in college.

    If they're deported, they no longer will pump money back into their communities and may not be able to be able to pay back loans for mortgages, cars and higher education.

    This state can't afford to lose those kinds of positive contributions.
    As with many of Trump's immigration policies (activists are still battling his travel ban in the courts), there was initial confusion surrounding this policy announcement last week.

    Jonathan Hoffman, with the Department of Homeland Security, stressed that DACA needs to be handled "with compassion and with heart."

    That's a reassuring sentiment.

    We're hopeful it means that Trump will realize the value of the Dreamers to this country and allow them to continue to get on about the business of studying, working and raising families here.

    What they said


    "They said it was for now. The DACA program still stands but it is vulnerable."
    Greisa Martinez-Rosas, the D.C.-based advocacy director

    for United We Dream

    "It is unfortunate that their status is still temporary, and their peace of mind not complete."
    Cecilia Muñoz, who led President Barack Obama's domestic policy council and oversaw immigration policy for the White House


    What's your view?

    Got an opinion about this issue? Send a letter to the editor, and you just might get published.

    https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2017/06/20/texas-needs-donald-trump-make-dreamer-program-permanent

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    THIS American isn't happy! I want this gone, the sooner the better! These "dreamers" entitle their parents to collect benefits they aren't entitled to.

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    She's now pursuing a law degree at the University of Houston and is one of the bright young civil rights leaders in this state.

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    Just what we do NOT need...another "bright young civil rights leader" ILLEGAL ALIEN mouthing off in our streets.

    Go fight for civil rights on YOUR soil.

    Deport her and her illegal family.
    ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM

    DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL

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    Exactly, Beezer. DEPORT THEM ALL! I'm so sick of them, I could pull my hair out. GET THEM OUT OF HERE as quietly and quickly as possible. And don't forget their illegal alien parents, round up the whole family, the same way you would round up a gang, and get them all of our country.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Judy View Post
    Exactly, Beezer. DEPORT THEM ALL! I'm so sick of them, I could pull my hair out. GET THEM OUT OF HERE as quietly and quickly as possible. And don't forget their illegal alien parents, round up the whole family, the same way you would round up a gang, and get them all of our country.
    I agree with everything but the "quietly" part. I want to make some noise so the illegals become so afraid they'll start self-deporting in mass. The more noise we make, the more fear they'll feel.

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