As he announces this new policy, some big-mouthed reporter decides to interrupt with questions, but Obama plows on and retorts, defending his stance. Read about it here.
For the most part, I support this policy, a temporary and simpler version of The Dream Act. It's a step towards preventing the disruption of so many young immigrants' lives who have lived here their whole lives but do not have the official status and benefits of a citizen because they might have been born to immigrant parents and born outside the US. They are essentially aliens in their own home.
One can make the argument that they weren't supposed to be here in the first place. Well, they are here, and they have been for years and years and no one can change that. No one can take back the years of schooling and education these young immigrants might have had in the US. No one can take back their dreams of pursuing their goals in a country they have always called their home, as any other citizen does.
This is an extremely controversial issue that I often go back and forth with but I really don't believe that this will damage the country in any way but in fact, help so many deserving young people.
On a negative note however, Obama stresses that this is a temporary policy. Is this merely a political gimmick to obtain votes?
I love it for its potential to help many, but I don't like it for its temporariness.
Details can be read here.
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