Op-ed:
Not Dreaming the Dreamers Dream
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot
Factor / Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio
“
The fight to protect
Dreamers...is also a critical component of the Democratic Party’s
future electoral success...If Democrats don’t try to do everything
in their power to defend Dreamers, that will jeopardize Democrats’
electoral chances in 2018 and beyond.”
- The
Center for American Progress Action Fund
Kudos must go out to President Trump for standing his ground
against Chuck Schummer and his merry band of miscreants who proved
beyond a shadow of a doubt how much they really despise our beloved
America, American citizens, and especially our military.
And if the Democrats forcing the shutdown of our government wasn't bad
enough, their reasons for doing so and the ramifications that ensued
make the situation even more grievous than it appears on the surface
for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schummer tried hard to blackmail Congress...as in we'll give you funding for the
wall and a budget passed in exchange for the DREAM (
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Act becoming law....blackmail that failed
when within mere days of the shutdown his own party and most of the media rightfully
turned against him.
DREAMers over our military being paid backfired on Schummer big time.
And
what is saddest of all is that there is a very simple solution
regarding the DREAMers...a solution that would expose the Democrats
agenda and I'll get to that in a bit, but first some much needed
background information to understand exactly the true situation we
face minus the media's twisting of the facts.
So let's start with Democrats claiming that their vote to shut the
government down was the result of Republicans unwilling to see the
value of both the DACA (the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals)
program and the DREAMers* themselves. Regurgitated ad-nauseum their
time-worn rhetoric that DREAMers are but innocent victims who came to
our country not of their own accord but through the (illegal) actions
of their parents, the Democrats chose to play the 'compassion'
game...a game they love to play almost as much as they love to pull
out the race card when all else fails.
And
to that affect, Chuck Schummer and crew
wanted us to believe then and still want us to believe now that in
the case of said DREAMers the sins of the father (and of the mother)
should not be placed upon the children. And so while that is true in
some instances, it is surely not true in the case of illegals in general
nor is it true in the case of DREAMers in specific for if most DREAMers
had really wanted to
become red, white, and blue American citizens they would have done so
under the auspices of the DACA program, yet save for a few who did not
willfully let their DACA status* lapse, most
have not.
And why not...because there is no reason to through the effort or
expense of becoming an American citizen when one currently gets most all
the benefits and protections of said citizenship without having to go
through both the detailed and the time consuming process of actually become a citizen.
Now remember, Obama created today's version of DACA in 2012 by executive order...a true
unilateral overreach of power...calling it but a
“temporary and
stopgap measure” to provide
“pseudo-legal status”
to what even he called “illegal
aliens” brought to the
U.S. as minors, including as teenagers. Promising that these children
would not be deported and providing said DREAMers with needed work
authorizations, job benefits including health care, access to Social
Security, getting a driver’s license, the chance to
build a credit score and apply for a credit card, being allowed to
put utility bills in their name, and so much more... what Obama did
was make the illegal children of illegal parents defacto citizens
when they were anything but citizens.
And the DREAMers reveled in their status...who wouldn't with the
free ride afforded them... that is until Donald Trump became president
and when in September 2017 now President Trump ordered a phased-out
end to Obama's program...a phase-out set to begin this very March...a
phase-out of the program he rightfully said shielded DREAMers from
deportation through an
“amnesty-first” approach.
And these are the very people Chuck Schummer and the Democrats are
fighting to give rights to...as they try to put DREAMers supposed rights before
the rights of law-abiding American citizens; as they try to put DREAMers
supposed rights before both the rights of our men and women in
uniform and our veterans; and dare I say as they try to put DREAMers supposed
rights even before the words of our Constitution...the very law of our land.
Article I, Section 8, clause 4 of the Constitution entrusts the
federal legislative branch with the power to
“establish a
uniform Rule of Naturalization.” In other words, Congress alone
is responsible for
“crafting the laws” that determine how
and when non-citizens can or cannot become naturalized American
citizens. And with Congress having said power coupled with the fact
that they have never given any president the ability nor the
authority to 'executive order' in immigration law nor given them the
specific power to provide a
“pseudo-amnesty” and
government benefits to illegal aliens no matter their age, means that Obama's DACA program is itself unconstitutional and should
be thrown out on legal grounds alone.
And know that President Trump is
most assuredly well aware of the constitutional status of DACA, yet he has in the
name of bipartisanship and compassion tried to work with Congress to
“fix”
DACA, but to date to no avail. But with Chuck Schummer and the
Democrats holding DACA and DREAMers as leverage over Republicans as
to lock in the budget...the budget DACA never had any business being
part of...there is a simple “fix”
being overlooked that would not only be a win for Republicans and for
American citizens but would publicly show the Democrats for who they
really are...users, miscreants, and obstructors of justice...in
addition to our having $135 billion of our taxpayer dollars being
spent on illegals who have absolutely no business being here (illegal=breaking the law) but who Democrats
think should go to the head of the immigration line.
Remember, the true issue for
Democrats is not now nor has it ever been about compassion for DREAMers,
but has always been and remains about votes...securing and garnering
votes by any and all means possible, and the DREAMers are now their
focused target of choice. And why...because DREAMER votes alone would allow
for a much needed so-called “generational
shift” that would
greatly help negate the current Trump electoral college majority. And
garnering votes to the Democrats means that the above stated billions
spent on illegals is money well spent for they know well that the now
would be citizen DREAMers will always vote for the party that
afforded them all their 'free stuff ' including citizenship with its
safety from deportation.
So
how do Republicans stop this vote
garnering from happening while at the same time helping to keep
the families together? How do Republicans get the all-important yet
long overdue budget
passed and at the same time get the funding for the wall all while
striving for and hopefully achieving much needed bipartisanship? And how how
do Republicans not
allow 3.6 million DREAMers (not the 800,000 the Democrats and media
claim there are) the ability to determine most future
elections? How...simply by passing the Democrat's and RINO's 'Pathway
to Citizenship' bill...a 'pathway' bill not now or ever to be
amnesty...but a 'pathway' bill with one
all-important key provision added...a provision stating that said 'pathway' is minus the right to
vote for a minimum of at least five years after each and every
DREAMer affected becomes a citizen as well as cutting off all
government handouts and benefits while they are in the 'pathway'
process.
And with this must have provision
in place, Democrats would find it extremely hard to sway or 'fix' the 2018 and 2020 elections...manipulating neither the popular nor the electoral college vote...as they would now be denied the much coveted DREAMer voting numbers by which they would try to do so.
In other words, hold the
DREAMers to the exact same rules and steps legal immigrants must
adhere to while they are in the process of becoming citizens, but
with the addition for those on the 'pathway' that once they become a
citizen their right to vote is held in check for at least five years
as punishment for breaking our immigration laws. Remember, nowhere in
the Constitution does it say "illegal foreigners"...the true name for
what DREAMers are...must be afforded voting rights that is until after
naturalization...but also nowhere in the Constitution is a time frame
given for when said voting rights after naturalization has to occur.
And since citizenship takes years for
legal immigrants to attain it should take the same amount of years
for those who came here illegally even with giving them said
'pathway'...a 'pathway' which would now legally shield them from
deportation, and isn't that what the DREAMers and the Democrats claim
they really wanted..safety from deportation. And if that is the truth
not just mere words spoken then the penalty of five years to be able
to vote should be a mute point with the only exception being for
DREAMers who serve in our military as that very act shows their
dedication to these United States and to becoming American citizens.
And
know that what I proposed is truly fair
for after all DREAMers, as I stated earlier, had years to apply for
either a green card or citizenship under DACA but did not. And if the
Democrats do not agree
with no strings or counter demands attached, then the truth about them only
wanting the DREAMers votes would finally be exposed for all to see with
Democrats now having
no rebuttal or recourse at all.
Then once the DREAMers are dealt with
and only after the budget is passed should we deal with immigration
in general...with in general includes getting the must have wall funded and
built, dismantling sanctuary cities and states by cutting off all their
federal funding...letting them go broke if need be...and by enforcing
any and all immigration laws currently on the books.
The time to stop placating,
compromising with, or outright caving to the enemy...the Democrat
enemy within...is over as we finally have a president with enough
guts and determination to stand strong against said enemy. Now if
only President Trump can get a united Republican House and Senate
on board to help him kick the enemy within...along with their illegal
cohorts...to the curb where they truly belong...if only...sigh.
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* The criteria of eligibility under the current DREAM act is similar
to the provisions of the House-passed version of the original DREAM Act
in 2010, and includes in eligibility anyone who came to the U.S. before
age 16 and is over age 14 and under age 31 on June 15, 2012 if they
have lived in the U.S. for at least five consecutive years since
(illegally) arriving; if male having registered with the selective service for potential military conscription; being between the ages of 12 and 35; having
been admitted, attending, or having graduated from an American high
school or having passed the General Education Development test (GED);
and being of “good moral character.”
** DACA status is the must be renewed every two-years mandated filing for deferred action from deportation.
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