If you are
interested in reading the actual DACA rescission order, here is the link: https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/09/05/memorandum-rescission-daca
If you are
interested in hearing Attorney General Sessions’ speech announcing the above,
here is a link:
If you are
not interested in reading the actual source material, but instead prefer to
read opinion and hysteria about it, or to be told what you should think about
it, go to most any media source.
I find it
amazing that demonstrations and walkouts have already been preplanned based on
assertions that are inconsistent with the actual text of the order. I find it interesting that few seem to care
about the underlying legal issues, that the 2012 order was overreach by the
executive branch which was in all likelihood a violation of the Constitution,
and certainly an affront to the separation of powers and hence to our form of
democracy and freedom. But, then, one
wonders if that even matters to those who simply want what they want and want
it now.
We are a
nation of laws, and laws must be followed, even when they are not to our
liking. It is our representatives in Congress
that we elect to create, amend, and adjust the laws. When we allow a president to circumvent those
laws by executive order as was the case with the 2012 order, then we are on our
way to creating some sort of dictatorship in which whoever is in power can act
on their, not the people’s, desires. We
should all thank the current president for righting the ship of state on this
issue, and rescinding the 2012 order. We
should also note that it compassionately allows case-by-case examinations of
current DACA people. Those who find the
current laws not to their liking, rather than throwing a variety of temper
tantrums based on incomplete or incorrect understandings about our government
and its laws, should fully and accurately inform themselves and then take their
thoughts and suggestions to their chosen representatives in Congress.
Addendum: Here, also, is a link to the President's statement on the rescission: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/09/05/statement-president-donald-j-trump
Addendum: Here, also, is a link to the President's statement on the rescission: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/09/05/statement-president-donald-j-trump
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