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By John Kanelis<\/strong> \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The young men and women who reside in the United States need not be kicked around in a political skirmish that involves a decision made by their elders.<\/p>\n

I refer to those who live here under the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals provision that was enacted through executive order by President Obama, but has been ruled unlawful by a federal judge in Texas.<\/p>\n

DACA recipients comprise several hundred thousand U.S. residents who were brought here illegally by their parents. They grew up as Americans; they came of age as Americans; the U.S. is the only country they know; many of them have flourished.<\/p>\n

President Obama sought to give them some sanctuary from deportation by enacting the DACA program. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen — nominated for the federal bench by President George W. Bush — declared the DACA program to be illegal.<\/p>\n

President Biden vows to appeal the ruling. I will take the president at his word. He should<\/em> appeal it.<\/p>\n

DACA is a humane and effective policy that should be codified\u00a0 under law. Congress has the power to do that. My hope would be that enough fair-minded Republicans could join their Democratic colleagues in ensuring that these men and women — who came here as children and who have grown into responsible U.S. residents — can receive a clearer path to citizenship or permanent residency status.<\/p>\n

Oh, but wait! That might require comprehensive immigration reform, which Republicans in Congress are unable or unwilling to enact. Why? Well, beats the hell out of me!<\/p>\n

DACA recipients have been kicked around for too long already. Two former Texas governors — George W. Bush and Rick Perry, both Republicans<\/em> — have spoken in favor of allowing so-called “Dreamers” to attend Texas colleges and universities; moreover, they have supported allowing them to attend under in-state tuition rules, given that they have been Texas residents of long standing. I consider that to be a fair and decent public policy.<\/p>\n

The federal judiciary has intervened, though, in the effort to help these folks assimilate more completely into the society they adopted as their own when they came of age.<\/p>\n

For the life of me I cannot understand why some politicians prefer to punish these individuals because of something their parents<\/em> did when they were too young to fend for themselves.<\/p>\n\n

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