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Originally Posted by cmartinez
Yes, I agree that some people under DACA are hard to replace. I'm talking about scale here. There are 800,000 of us. Give or take. A chunk of that number are high school students working in fast food/menial labor. They can be replaced by other high school students or adults easily.
Another chunk graduated high school and are doing again menial jobs. They will be replaced.
Another chunk went to college, and are in good jobs (accounting, teaching, business, etc.) and yes, the absence would be felt but we will be easily replaced by thousands of people looking for jobs or new grads.
A very small fraction of us isin super high skilled work and/or are very hard to replace. That's not saying we're not talented, it's just a sheer numbers thing (plus the achievement/economic gaps that come with being minorities due to other factors).
I myself just started a PhD program that is fully funded. It's in the humanities, which is very competitive. Yes, I'm sure my department would be sad ( they have expressed their support), but there are many many many other people dying for an shot to be in a PhD program that is fully funded.
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Right, numbers are just something that adds to the argument. I agree with you, the main issue is doing what's humane.
I also think a lot of people against DACA are arguing different things. There are those who want to end DACA because it's just an executive order from Obama, so it's not lawful as they see it, and they want to help Dreamers become legal the right way, by law. Then there are those who want to end DACA because they are against immigration and simply wants to deport all undocumented immigrants. It's a waste of time to argue with the second group because they don't see us as fellow human beings :\