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Originally Posted by Sonawabich
Well lots of people are feeling this. I am not an exception. This country is seriously going down the tubes: economy, teabaggers, xenophobia, deficit, debt, unemployment, Sarah Palin. While other countries are growing rapidly. This is really a shame that GOP is willing to abandon young people willing to revive this country. Well for me at least, with Dream or not I'll be finishing up my engineering degree and will decide from there.
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Oh my...where do I start? I have purposefully refrained from posting as I got fed up with the Democrats' charade of
appearing to try to pass any sort of immigration relief; but this is just too much to resist.
What a f***ing joke.
1) Does anyone else find it moronic - no,let me rephrase that- immoral - that all of the "dreamers" who had a final order of deportation and went public with their plea after ICE enforced such order, will NOT qualify under this abomination of a bill? These were the profiles used by the 'advocates' (useless people who do not know what to do with themselves, much less how to use examples like these and the military provision to Dream Act's advantate) to earn sympathy and votes for the passage of DA. I see nothing about vacating the deportation orders of such people and it must be addressed.
2) The age cap. Everyone - EVERYONE - until the night of November 30, 2010 knew that beneficiaries up to age 35 could get relief under this provision. Dream Act is not to benefit exclusively 'students' - it is meant to benefit people who grew up here and can prove their worth and will work hard to give back to the country by pursuing higher education and skills, and serve the military. Way to lower that pool of potential and screw at least a third or more of beneficiaries. I can't get over the fact that this actually came from Sen. Durbin himself. Keep it going, and soon, maybe by next week, the cap will be 18. You know, real children, by definition. Maybe that will shut the ones who say 'it had to be done'. Right back at ya.
This is a complete sell -out. Agricultural workers who arrived young and finished High School could benefit from the original legislation. Those who have participated as much as possible into civic life in this country - working, paying taxes, not being on medicaid (welfare), etc - who are as productive as the law allows it, should be able to stay if they fall withing the 35-year old range.
Waiting until the very last minute to de-qualify people who were the original beneficiaries of the legislation is morally wrong.
Call this what it is. A sell-out.