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pnwmom

(110,324 posts)
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 05:09 PM Jan 2018

Now it is OUR JOB to put ENORMOUS PRESSURE on Congress to PROTECT DREAMERS.

And on February 8th they won't be holding CHIP children hostage. They'll be looking at a much longer shutdown if they don't pass a DACA bill.

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Now it is OUR JOB to put ENORMOUS PRESSURE on Congress to PROTECT DREAMERS. (Original Post) pnwmom Jan 2018 OP
If Americans did speak up, this shit would go away overnight. Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #1
+ A Zillion. Hoyt Jan 2018 #2
I agree. This should be the next calling blitzkrieg campaign. n/t Kirk Lover Jan 2018 #3
I agree, we need to call them as much as we can awesomerwb1 Jan 2018 #4

Eliot Rosewater

(34,296 posts)
1. If Americans did speak up, this shit would go away overnight.
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 05:15 PM
Jan 2018

I mean the problems we have would, to some degree anyway.



There is no financial reason to deny DACA, there was a financial reason to ignore 96% of the public who wanted stricter gun control after Sandy Hook.

awesomerwb1

(5,154 posts)
4. I agree, we need to call them as much as we can
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 06:17 PM
Jan 2018

and don't forget TPS as well. Both DACA and TPS were in the bill of the Gang of six (Schumer, Graham, Flake etc).

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