A crowd rallies in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, also known as DACA, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington earlier this year. (J.Scott Applewhite/AP)
It seems that nowadays our elected officials are never without a way to disgrace themselves.
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program – better known as DACA – gives them another chance to act with foresight, humanity, and decency, or with hate, prejudice, and stupidity.
The program was started 10 years ago by former President Barrack Obama. It gave many young undocumented immigrants who came to this country with their parents protection from deportations and the opportunity to build lives here as adults.
DACA participants have had a sword hanging over their heads since 2017, when then-president/racist/immigrant hater Donald Trump announced he would end the program. Its future is now in litigation.
This week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled in the case challenging the program — Texas v. United States. (You just knew Texas would be part of this)
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