In “Lizeth Benítez” blog post 7, Lizeth talks about her
current frustration on congress ability to come with an agreement on DACA
(Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients. Being a Dreamer like
herself , I can completely understand how she currently feels.
The trump administration is moving aggressively to end temporary legal protection for hundreds of thousands of immigrants who’ve been in the US for years or decades, while calling on congress to solve the problem with a permanent solution. Congress has become entirely too comfortable ignoring problems when they seem too difficult to solve. This issue is not something we can ignore and in order for Congress to act on it, we should force them, otherwise, like president trump.It will continue to be ignored.
As a future nursing student and a DACA recipient, I now feel like my future, along with Lizeth and many other Dreamers is uncertain. The fact that My life and future depends on this can be both sad and frustrating. When I first found out Obama passed the dream act, the first thing I did was enrolled into school. Four years later, all my hard work and good grades are in jeopardy of being put into no use. I've put to much effort into this just for someone to come along and take it away.
With DACA hanging in the balance, America has a group of people on the verge of being socially integrated, but legally isolated- socially championed, but legally victimized- in a way we’ve never really seen before. The choice between reconciling the law with the reality and creating an unprecedented chasm between the two lies with congress and the white house. The stakes could not be higher.
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