And what is your reply to Trump’s tweet about deporting educated, working Dreamers?
I hear Ivanka nattering in the background.
We’re not going to let every registered dreamer stay. But realistically, it doesn’t make sense to throw some babies out with the bathwater. The number of highly educated/trained Dreamers in specialized fields is probably pretty small - a few thousand maybe? Maybe ten thousand? It makes financial sense to retain those assets who obtained specialized knowledge and/or degrees (especially those obtained under AA - shhhh - we can’t ‘say that’ in public) and get a return on our investment. Those that have taken our liberties, our compassion and our generosity for granted, they’re outa here (and that would be in the millions).
For a select few, extended visas, renewable once a year, with a 10 year or so wait for citizenship and voting rights, same as if they had to wait in line in the first place (so, no ‘anchor babies’ will count) would work to our advantage. And, we should subtract the number we do allow to stay from each yearly allowed quota for that/those countries of origin for the same 10 years, so we can work towards getting legal immigration, and competition for jobs, balanced again.