The whole DACA thing is really sad. The thought of being 25 years old, having lived here my entire life, and being told I have to abandon everything and move to some far away strange country where I have never been, is just inconceivable. I understand that the “reason” is to dissuade future parents from bringing their kids here. But what a cruel way to accomplish that, punishing young people who are ENTIRELY innocent (to be in the dreamer program, you have to have a squeaky clean record). Furthermore, many of these young people have done EXACTLY what we keep saying they need to do – work hard to excel and assimilate. Heck, they have lived here their entire life and never even had to “assimilate”, any more than someone who was born here.

I also understand that sometimes innocent people are hurt in large numbers - but that is in wartime situations. This isn’t war, it’s economics. If this is the republican solution to some perceived crisis, then it shows me just how heartless and self-absorbed they have become.