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This is the first installm ent o f a political column that w ill present contrasting political view s o f both liberal and conservative views to shed light on both sid e ’s opinions. TOPIC: DACA One of the major hot topic issues this year has been immigration, it was one of President Donald Trump’s most prominent issues during his election campaign, and discussions about the potential border wall, and about issues such as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM) have been major points of contention throughout the President’s first year. Each side of the political spectrum seems to have a different idea about the best solution to the immigration’ issue. Here are a few arguments from each side. 3VSAMWES-CN ' .BY IAN VAN ORDEM-> D eferred Action for comes to this sim ple program but the C h ild h o o d A rrivals, D A C A , is in trouble, b e n e fits th a t can he said about this program is th a t it ultimately benefits The T ru m p adm inistration’s threat to rescind this act is just another example as to why the economy and the immigrants who wish to come to this country. hers stare with the economic benefits. ■ - M F = Sk NEWs/oPJNlbN EDITOR ' S i r E ‘ P O M any PeoP le on the W right, or conservative side of the p olitical spectrum, view illegal im m ig ra tio n as one o f th e m o st prevalent issues we have in today’ s he has no business being the leader o f Children who a re given work visas through p o litic a l c lim a te . There are m an y Kion. But why is this a bad thing? the program not only get the opportunity to facets to this issue, but the most widely here 1 v iew on DACA and illegal gain better work ethics and livable wages, publicized issue discusses the number ration is much more different than Sat in the larger picture, the program brings o f illegal im m igran ts that enter the, rump and many conservatives say ¿own unemployment while also bringing country every year. it $ the labor force up. With Trump so keen on Though this issue has been widely recognized for m any years, President Trum p is la rg e ly re sp o n sib le fo r p o p u la rizin g the issu e , and m an y Republicans and conservatives have attem pt to end this hum anitarian bringing down unemployment, you think he rallied behind h im . Am ong the many ble legislation comes as no surprise would be thrilled to have such a large willing fa c e ts o f th e issu e , two pieces- o f rolongs the, negative view s that group of people to help out. H o w ev er, all legislature have stood out. ficans have towards immigrants, vou hear is his rhetoric filled with drug The first, DACA allowed any qualifying specifically from Mexico. Just look at a smuggling insults coming from his fingers. illeg a l immigrant that entered the ilar piece o f legislation called the These “ Dreamers” are illegal only children who The liberal view on immigration United States as a minor to receive a two- iAM Act, a ns simple attempt to their give wish to seen become part and of our society crime to benefit yet Republics couldn’t get past can he as soft allowing into year, renewable stay from deportation, immigrants under the age of 18 a chance nor only lives bad but thing the country witch hunt on Mexico. the country, but tteir why isita to want they and allowed them to receive a work to Understand become part of this while great I country that wish to be humanitarian? a part of. that do believe to he more A simple attempt permit. This policy, enacted during the in no way could have hurt view illegal immigration people need to come into the our country, country to The help liberal the youth of on a less developed nation Obama Adm inistration, was rescinded legally, I think that as a country we are is supposed to be what us as a country, late last year. way too strict about who we let in. 1 should be about, not taking that away to give M any conservatives supported this heavily support DACA, more lax vetting money to our already overpowered action, as they believed that, though is well as sanctuary cities and what military, i f Trump ever stops to look up the fault lay on the parents of these io for people who might be here how big our military is, he’d find that we im m ig r a n ts , th e y sh o u ld n o t be Hy. The only reason that Trump : spend more on ours than the next seven rewarded for their p aren ts’ actions,. h e R ep u b lican s w a n t to gut this countries combined. T h a t, a fte r a ll, is the core o f the popular conservative policy on illegal, im m igration. The truth is, those with illegal status am is to not give more money to Keeping people out is no way to become broke the law when they chose to enter ¡ilitary, as She puts it, but to further 3 better society and spreading lies is only the country without following due legal nophobicpoiideson hardworking worse. As long as Republicans refuse to process. W hatever they’ve done since merican immigrants. aid aspiring citizens by supporting racist they arrived in the country, they broke rile D ACA is only for child rhetoric and false views about immi^a the law .coming here in the first place. igrants, it goes a long way toward we will continue to be looked at as a The DREAM Act, the second piece of mingmore^accepting of people who selfish, xenophobic nation with to come to this country, Republicans attempt to better our world i H I g| Clackamas Print spread many falsehoods when it th e c la c k a m a s p r i n t . n e t legislation that has been prom inent over the last few years, would give these same illegal immigrants the opportunity to stay permanently, and legally, in the United States. This issue has the same pitfalls as the last, as it disregards the initial offense com mitted. .Crim e rates a m o n g im m ig ra n ts has also been a popular topic w hen discussing these bills, but a lot of the inform ation has been misrepresented. Early in Ja n u a ry o f la st year, the New Y ork Tim es p osted an article claim in g th at im m igran ts were less likely to com m it crim es, and w hen taken at face v alu e, this claim was true. U n fortun ately, it did not fairly analyze the issue, as the statistics they quoted discussed all immigrants, in clu d in g legal im m igrants-, rather than discussing the true issue, illegal im m igration. There, the issue gets a little more complicated. During the recent m onths, as DACA and the DREAM Act have become the. most prominent issues discussed, many Republicans have discussed passing these acts if those on the left would be w illing to make concessions towards im proving border security. After, all, the D ream ers aren ’ t truly at fau lt. However, in their attem pt to “ resist” the President’ s efforts, even this has been rejected. . I t ’ s clear th at the issue o f illegal im migration is com plex and not likely to fie resolved anytim e soon. If there is any hope in finding a true solution it w ill only come w hen both sides of the political aisle are w illing to work together to find the answer Together-. January 24, 2018
