Is Dreaming only for the dreamer?

On July 22nd a group of 5 women and 4 men (the Dream 9), all Mexican nationals, but raised in the US, were arrested on the spot after they crossed the boarder into Mexico and tried to reenter the States on grounds of a protest. Their protest was in response to Obama’s immigration policy and the thousand of immigrants deported because of it.

Obama’s policy, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) grants a deferment for immigrants who came here as children leeway to receive a workers permit, open bank accounts, and even apply for credit cards, however it does not pave a pathway for citizenship or protect those close to them. This program was Obama’s response to the rejection of the DREAM Act, which would grant everything above, and a path to citizenship.

On some degrees I agree that people shouldn’t be able to just show up and expect to be fed with a sliver spoon, but on the other hand I also agree that if someone comes to the States to work and become apart of the society, why stop them? But the grey area that the US faces today is granting any kind of citizenship to individuals who have been living here illegally their whole life. Does the US grant them citizenship, but what does that say to the immigrants going through the legal process? Does the US deport them, but how can you deport someone to live elsewhere when they’ve known nothing else their entire life?

I say, let them go. These immigrants are American in every way, but politically. And why should something like paper hold them back from living their lives? They’ve lived here their entire life, as far as I’m concerned they are citizens.

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