Schumer: Trump and GOP agree to protect DACA w/o funding the Wall

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(09-14-2017, 09:57 AM)StLucieBengal Wrote: People who have openly thwarted the law for up to 18 years.   The people who have actually needed to wait to get visas then endless paperwork and time to get green cards are the ones being screwed.    I'm sure they would have preferred to sneak across the border like a thief in the night.   If you don't force people to respect your laws then what's the point.

I understand why many are upset about some folks getting moved to the front of the line and allowed to stay in a country where, effectively, they're already citizens. But where I struggle with his line of thinking is, that the DACA kids are lawbreakers, what does anyone expect? An elementary age kid to report to social services and say 'excuse me, but I think I'm not supposed to be here'?

These aren't people who spent 18 years cheating on their taxes or committed a felony and hid out for a couple decades. It's unrealistic to think a child is going to deport themselves.