Blackburn says ‘dreamers’ program adds to border crisis
Source: The Tennessean
WASHINGTON Rep. Marsha Blackburn called Wednesday for stripping funding from an Obama administration program that defers deportations of undocumented youth brought to the United States by their parents.
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The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program applies to undocumented youth who have lived in the United States since June 15, 2007 and are pursuing an education or are in the military. They are often referred to as dreamers. They also have to stay clear of criminal activity.
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In introducing a bill to defund DACA, Blackburn, R-Brentwood, said it has contributed to the border crisis involving undocumented children fleeing to the United States from Central America.
Central American children have fled to the United States based on a false hope that they will be allowed to remain permanently, she said in a statement.
Read more: http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2014/07/23/blackburn-says-dreamers-program-adds-border-crisis/13071427/
"False hope" by newer immigrants - specifically the argument from adverse consequences - is the best anti-DREAM Act/DACA argument the right wingers have been able to put out, if they don't want to blame the undocumented children for the sins of their parents. Never mind that newer immigrants are not eligible for DACA or the DREAM Act at all.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)sipping their tea, reading the New York Times, and figuring out how to exploit our foreign policy.
babylonsister
(171,074 posts)gets attention.
candelista
(1,986 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)She also acts like a three year old.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)should have an addendum of "an idiot named Marsha Blackburn said ..."
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)Must be Obama's DACA ? BRILLIANT !!!!!!!!!!!
Botany
(70,520 posts).... nothing to do with each other stop Rep. Blackburn from speaking about the two?
Well, no.
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Republicans, "we bring on the stupid."
Marsha Blackburn, Renee Ellmers, and others like them are doing all they can to set the image of straight white blonde females (of which I am one) back several hundred years. The dumb is overwhelming!