He is correct. There is an issue of humanity in this. These are
people caught in a system, and oftentimes those children in the DACA
Program are caught in a gap in which literally they have no home
country. They were brought as infants or as young children with a
parent who violated the law but did so with a child who came in and has
now lived in the country, in some cases 20 years, and they know only
this country. They are literally caught in the middle. While we have
great compassion, we are walking this interesting balance between
compassion for people, which we as a nation have, and also consistency
with the law. The law applies to every person. Whether you are the
President of the United States or an undocumented individual who has
come in, the law applies to everyone. What do we do with this? The first thing I think we need to do is
take a deep breath and pull the politics out of this and to say border
security--in fact, security as a whole is not a controversial issue. I
will tell you, as a U.S. Senator, I have the privilege occasionally of
going to do interviews.
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