(please excuse the lower case i's)

i agree with all those who see the clear discrimination in that proposal to hire Americans before an individual trying to legalize their status. What happened to hiring the best person for the job? This provision is not only discriminatory, but as fellow immigrants in this struggle we should be ashamed to outright accept such conditions.

i also reject the notion that dreamers should be in a separate category to legalize than immigrants who came here and were not afforded the opportunities to better themselves through education. i don't believe that i deserve an easier path to citizenship than mother, who worked tirelessly and made the sacrifices needed so that i could pursue my educational endeavors. if there is going to be a path to citizen then it needs to a fair one, not one that pins us dreamers against our agriculture friends. i have been on this site and read far too many posts where us qualified dreamers abandon those dreamers who did not qualify for DACA because of a mistake they made as years ago as juveniles or under different circumstances. Or have abandoned the plight for comprehensive immigration reform simply to get the DREAM Act passed. This is a time to stick together and to humble ourselves and realize that we are no better than the person picking our vegetables, or person sorting in a factory, and certainly not our parents, who without their efforts many of us would not already be guaranteed a brighter future.