Republicans want to investigate "windmills" but instead they must save DACA

An echo opinion letter published in the San-Diego Union Tribune newspaper, in California.  

Published on November 24, 2022

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals* program is in grave peril, and Congress must act before the end of the year to create permanent protections for the hundreds of thousands of people who were brought to this country as children, making it the only place they have ever called home. DACA recipients, “Dreamers,” are our health care providers, teachers and care workers.

They hold essential jobs that strengthen our communities. Ending DACA could leave labor market sectors already experiencing shortages in even worse conditions.

Moreover, without permanent protections, families will be separated, which is heartless and cruel. An estimated 300,000 U.S. children have at least one parent who is a DACA recipient.

Unless Congress acts, these children could lose their parents to detention or deportation! This is an opportunity for bipartisanship in Congress to support Dreamers and keep families together!

Americans have supported a legislative fix for nearly a decade. It is long overdue and critical to our community.

Beverly Marston in Carlsbad, California

*Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) provides temporary relief from deportation (deferred action) and work authorization to certain young undocumented immigrants. DACA was created on June 15, 2012, by then-Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.

Although Republicans already put out fake news releases about how they want to bring their version of accountability to Congress, their agenda is the equivalent of fighting the Cervantes version of windmills. Instead of creating problems, the growing old party needs to resolve them.