Why doesn’t the headline just tell me which governor it was?!? Do I have to guess??!
Yep, it’s Florida.
Gov. Rick Scott just came out against Trump shutting down the Dream Act by Obama that has given amnesty to something between 500,000 and 750,000 people.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) on Friday called on Congress to protect recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, as President Trump weighs ending the program.
Scott said that while he disagreed with the Obama-era action, which temporarily defers deportation for those brought to the U.S. illegally as minors who applied for work permits, recipients should be protected.
“President Obama was wrong to address the Dreamers issue by Executive Order. He should have done it in conjunction with Congress, which is how we make laws in our democracy,” Scott said in a statement. “But this issue must be addressed. I do not favor punishing children for the actions of their parents.”
“These kids must be allowed to pursue the American Dream, and Congress must act on this immediately,” he said.
What he doesn’t mention is that a lot of the “Dreamers” aren’t kids at all. You could apply even if you were up to 35 years old as long as you could prove that you were brought in to the country when you were a kid.
But that’s besides the point.
It turns out a lot of Republicans are pushing for Congress to protect Obama’s “Dreamers.”
House Republicans who represent districts with large Hispanic populations are battling President Trump over an Obama-era immigration program that shields certain immigrants from deportation.
The Republicans have sought to convince Trump to keep the program alive, and have also offered legislation that would essentially make into law the protections for young people brought to the United States illegally.
Most of the Republicans challenging Trump are targets of Democrats seeking to win back the House next year and represent districts that will help determine the House majority.
The lawmakers include Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.), who has filed amendments to an upcoming spending package to keep DACA intact, as well as GOP Reps. Dan Donovan (N.Y.), David Valadao (Calif.), Jeff Denham (Calif.), Don Bacon (Neb.), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Fla.), Martha McSally (Ariz.), Scott Taylor (Va.), Mario Diaz-Balart (Fla.), Dave Reichert (Wash.), Dan Newhouse (Wash.) and John Faso (N.Y.).
Scott is right to say that Obama was wrong to pass this by executive action, he should have gotten Congressional approval. But he couldn’t because many of the American people were against it.
And that’s how the government is SUPPOSED to work.
You’re not supposed to just change the law when you can’t get enough Americans, and thereby their representatives, to support what you want. THAT’S THE POINT OF OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT.
So Scott is wrong to say everything would be great as soon as Congress passed a law over this. It would still be wrong, and foolish, and unwise. And it would just encourage MORE people to come illegally to the United States. Because what we’d be telling the world is that we’ll cave and bend the rule of law as long as a LOT of people break the law.
So NO. It’s a bad idea.
And you can tell them SooperMexican said so. Dammit.