House Speaker Paul Ryan Has Some Thoughts On DACA

As we told you earlier, President Trump has made a decision on DACA. He’s ending Obama’s executive action, but– and that’s a big but– he’s giving Congress 6 months of sort this out legislatively. Attorney General Jeff Sessions made the announcement Tuesday morning:

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I’m 100% against illegal immigration, but I also realize that there isn’t exactly a clear solution here. Some of these kids don’t find out they’re not citizens until it’s too late. I love how Kimber put it:

This IS difficult. I am ENTIRELY against illegal immigration. We also cannot close our eyes to the fact that many DACA participants are here through no fault of their own. Do we OWE them citizenship? No. But we can’t pretend this is black and white. It’s not.

 

As I wrote before, I’ve met a number of DACA participants…a large number of them don’t recall living anywhere but the USA. Many have not been to Mexico or Latin America since before they could walk and talk. Many cannot speak Spanish, and the vast majority cannot write in it. Many of them have never been documented in Mexico… so they are entirely nationless.

 

I personally knew of a girl who got good grades, worked a part-time job for her family’s business, and had attended an Indiana school since Kindergarten.Her parents were illegal, and she knew that, but she had always told her she was born in Indiana. She fully believed she was an American citizen, and was proud to be one. It wasn’t until she started preparing to apply for college that her parents revealed she had been born in Mexico… and brought over illegally. She was covered under DACA. I don’t know how this will impact her.

Exactly. It’s not so cut and dried. However, I agree that DACA– as it exists– needs to go. Obama should’ve never used executive action to address that issue.

Instead of whining, lawmakers should get to work. Yes– I’m talking to the Republicans too, including House Speaker Paul Ryan. His take on this entire DACA situation confuses me a bit.

“I actually don’t think he should do that,” Ryan recently said. “I believe this is something that Congress has to fix.”

This is @SpeakerRyan‘s comments in full: pic.twitter.com/rtZ2vWUIuT

— Susan Davis (@DaviSusan) September 1, 2017

Well…what’s the problem? That’s exactly what Trump suggested. Here’s your chance, buddy. Get to work! There’s no excuse. Heck, even he said Obama’s original action was unconstitutional!

Paul Ryan in 2014 saying #DACA Excutive Amnesty is “Blatantly Unconstitutional”

He can NOT oppose Trump on ending it! #UnConstitutional pic.twitter.com/yWQfuvXlcz

— SL (@SLandinSoCal) September 4, 2017

You’re the Speaker of the House, dude. You want to fix the program? Here’s your chance. Get to work.

Congress, get ready to do your job – DACA!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 5, 2017