Forum: How Would You Deal With The DACA Issue?

Every week on Monday, the WoW! community and our invited guests weigh in at the Watcher’s Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day, the culture, or daily living. This week’s question: How Would You Deal With The DACA Issue?

Patrick O’Hannigan: I don’t know what a viable legislative solution to the DACA puzzle would or should like, but I do think that the Trump administration could apply appropriate political pressure on Congresscritters through a sustained public education campaign that involved more than occasional press briefings by Sarah Sanders. We could all stand being reminded that words mean things, and that “Deferred Action” does not mean “kicking the can down the road for another generation.” Trump is already under fire for pointing out that “temporary visas” should be just that — temporary. His people lose no credibility if they add another defense of the English language to…