Anyone here on DACA isn't strictly illegal anymore. They have documents and they can work legally for two years. That status is [supposed to be] revoked if they are convicted of a felony or three misdemeanors. That already was effectively the amnesty in terms of looking the other way on the illegal entry.
The reasonable legislative fix is:
- No new issuance (get rid of the 2023 Dream Act)
- You can keep renewing if you're in good standing, while you wait for your citizenship application to be processed. With no deliberate "delays" in handling their applications.
- If you don't apply for citizenship or if your application is rejected, no renewal. Leave before your two years is up or get deported.
- No eligibility for any gibs. Including state and local gibs.
"Your parents fucked you over, keep your nose clean and you can stay while the paperwork finishes." And if they feel like being activists, be quick to find three misdemeanors. Bye bye.
It was a garbage policy to start with, but trying to alter it retroactively is just going to get bogged down in lawfare. Stop the problem going forward and no free citizenship. That's a decent enough fix.
Anyone here on DACA isn't strictly illegal anymore. They have documents and they can work legally for two years. That status is [supposed to be] revoked if they are convicted of a felony or three misdemeanors. That already was effectively the amnesty in terms of looking the other way on the illegal entry.
The reasonable legislative fix is:
- No new issuance (get rid of the 2023 Dream Act)
- You can keep renewing if you're in good standing, while you wait for your citizenship application to be processed. With no deliberate "delays" in handling their applications.
- If you don't apply for citizenship or if your application is rejected, no renewal. Leave before your two years is up or get deported.
- No eligibility for any gibs. Including state and local gibs.
"Your parents fucked you over, keep your nose clean and you can stay while the paperwork finishes." And if they feel like being activists, be quick to find three misdemeanors. Bye bye.