Rep. Darrell Issa: Why congressional DACA action may kickstart immigration reform

jaylove16 · 09-16-2017, 10:00 AM

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With a six-month deadline before the administration officially begins unwinding DACA, now is the time for Congress to step up and craft a meaningful solution.

It would be neither fair nor feasible to expel all of the dreamers from the country. First of all, hundreds are currently serving in the military, defending our nation. Others are decades into a life in America — educated, hardworking and law-abiding. Brought here by their parents as children, they spent their formative years in the U.S. where they learned their first words, attended school, graduated and obtained their first jobs. Still more are following the process outlined by their government: When asked to register for DACA status, they stopped hiding, came out of the shadows and did the right thing. The hundreds of thousands of dreamers are none other than the victims of their parents’ actions and hope to find some way to be brought into the system so they can legally stay in the only home they’ve truly known.

The plan I propose is a simple one. For the next five years, let’s set aside 15 percent of the over one million visa slots we already award every year in order to make them available to qualified dreamers, so they move into the legal immigration line and have a certain legal path forward in this country. So many are siblings or family members of legal immigrants and U.S. citizens, that it makes sense to use a small portion of these slots to provide certainty for these young individuals. The benefit of this approach would be clear. It keeps neutral the overall number of green cards issued, and provides a reasonable path forward that would allow us to address all of the dreamers who seek to stay within just five years — and all within our existing legal immigration frameworks.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/...915-story.html

Hmm would you guys support something like this?

Got_Daca · 09-16-2017, 10:14 AM

What if you are not related to USC or LPR? Are you fked then?

JayR9 · 09-16-2017, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Got_Daca

What if you are not related to USC or LPR? Are you fked then?

I assume work sponsored green card would be okay too

Swim19 · 09-16-2017, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by jaylove16

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/...915-story.html

Hmm would you guys support something like this?

Depends. What would they consider a 'qualified dreamer'? How would it be decided each year which DREAMers would qualify? What would be your status during the five years you wait?

Also Issa clearly doesn't understand DREAM Act. There is no automatic citizenship granted as he claims.

nationalsfan · 09-16-2017, 11:03 AM

This is a backdoor RAISE then isn't it? Dreamers would just get in line in front of people already waiting in line and push the line back?

Got_Daca · 09-16-2017, 11:05 AM

Issa has a point though.

Transcend · 09-16-2017, 11:07 AM

This is a headache. Too many proposals on how to deal with us. It's getting confusing.

Lambo Mercy · 09-16-2017, 11:31 AM

Issa nightmare

dtrt09 · 09-16-2017, 12:56 PM

DreamAct, Rep. Issa.

Daca is not 'appropriate' Republicans have been howling for 5 years.

Nope. This is non-sense and not really a fair solution.

eva02 · 09-16-2017, 12:57 PM

Republicans are idiots

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