Mixed messages cause frustration, fear

[struggle4progress]

1. stop letting 'Dreamers' twist in the wind

The Times Editorial Board

... It would be outrageous, frankly, if they can’t reach an agreement. Trump’s decision earlier this month to withdraw the DACA protections promised to some 800,000 people — most of whom came to this country as a result of decisions made by their parents — was cruel and unnecessary ...

We hope the president and .. Congress can .. make this work. Fairness demands it, as do most of the American people ... Dreamers deserve not just protection from deportation, but a path to true citizenship. These are people .. who often have spent little time in the country where they were born, speak only English and have been brought up as Americans. To qualify for DACA protections, they had to be in school or have graduated or to have been in the military.

Trump should set aside his insistence on his silly wall .. and put the well-being of the Dreamers ahead of his ill-advised campaign promises.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-trump-daca-congress-deal-20170914-story.html