Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced a new Dream Act in Congress Wednesday, reminding Americans that there is strong bipartisan support for Dreamers—immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children and are seeking citizenship. According to a recent Morning Consult and Politico poll, 78% of American voters support giving Dreamers the chance to stay permanently in America, including 73% of people who voted for President Donald Trump.
Should the program be terminated, however, the losses would be devastating. The same study estimates that ending DACA would reduce the nation’s GDP by $433.4 billion over a decade. Another study by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center states that 685,195 young immigrants would become unemployed immediately, causing employers to incur $3.4 billion in costs associated with the termination and replacement of employees. Without DACA, tax revenue would be seriously impacted. Over the next decade, $24.6 billion in Social Security and Medicare contributions would be lost.
Man he really is just appealing to the very narrow portion of his base now. Even 73% of people who voted for him support DACA.
http://fortune.com/2017/07/21/daca-dream-act-2017-new-immigration-news/
Let's see if Congress does..... anything..... to get a veto proof majority.
Waiting until October, zombie stuff gets better ratings near Halloween.Since he's reversing literally everything Obama did no matter what the impact have they announced a program to reanimate bin Laden yet?
Since he's reversing literally everything Obama did no matter what the impact have they announced a program to reanimate bin Laden yet?
Shrug. What can be done by executive order can be undone by executive order. That's a good caution against reliance on executive orders, and therefore overemphasis on the executive branch.
That doesn't contribute much to the topic tbh.Shrug. What can be done by executive order can be undone by executive order. That's a good caution against reliance on executive orders, and therefore overemphasis on the executive branch.
Yeah, let's avoid any discussion or consideration of the relative merits here and just focus on process.
Fucking jerkoff.
That doesn't contribute much to the topic tbh.
How crappy for the people who have made a life in the US and contribute positively.
WH press sec denying admin is going to roll DACA back...so I'm inclined to believe that he will.
Hey. You leave me out of this. I have never contributed anything of value. Ever! Like right now!In case you didn't notice, I was responding to a poster who lamented that Trump was reversing lots of what Obama did. If my response wasn't a contribution to the topic, then neither was his.
No of course not. He'd simply condemn the egregious display of violence and hatred that occurred in Pakistan between Bin Laden and Seal Team six, condemning such violence on many sides. Many sides.Since he's reversing literally everything Obama did no matter what the impact have they announced a program to reanimate bin Laden yet?
In case you didn't notice, I was responding to a poster who lamented that Trump was reversing lots of what Obama did. If my response wasn't a contribution to the topic, then neither was his.
Fox news John Roberts via twitter:
Program covers about 800K people who, absent congressional action, could be forcibly deported. Social and moral issues aside the economic hit would be about $500B over 10 years.
In case you didn't notice, I was responding to a poster who lamented that Trump was reversing lots of what Obama did. If my response wasn't a contribution to the topic, then neither was his.
Since he's reversing literally everything Obama did no matter what the impact have they announced a program to reanimate bin Laden yet?
Good. If they're here illegally, they SHOULD be deported.
Should the program be terminated, however, the losses would be devastating. The same study estimates that ending DACA would reduce the nation’s GDP by $433.4 billion over a decade. Another study by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center states that 685,195 young immigrants would become unemployed immediately, causing employers to incur $3.4 billion in costs associated with the termination and replacement of employees. Without DACA, tax revenue would be seriously impacted. Over the next decade, $24.6 billion in Social Security and Medicare contributions would be lost.
No, you're wrong. You're so FUCKING wrong. The point of that post was not that Trump was able to reverse things that Obama did. It's that he is reversing things because Obama did them. It's insane to reverse DACA, it benefits nobody, it serves no purpose at all, except pure schadenfreude.
What the poster got wrong is that this is a Trumpist idea. It's not. Nihilistic hatred of Dems/Liberals is a bedrock of American conservatism, and it was on full display as congress voted to repeal the ACA again and again for no reason other than their hatred.