I do not believe the parents of those kids--who broke the law--
should have that same access to our system. That may seem heartless,
but I will tell you, that is the balance we have to have between
compassion for people and upholding the law; that the law does apply to
all people. Maybe there is a way to do some other work permits or some
other things that could be there, but access to citizenship should be
reserved for those individuals who are upholding the law, not violating
it. There are some DACA kids who have done some remarkable stuff, some
DACA kids who are pretty amazing individuals. I ask folks in Oklahoma
when I am home, if I could identify for you 700,000 people somewhere
around the world who speak English, who are excellent students, who
have stood up
every day in their school and pledged allegiance to the United States
of America, who are in our military already, who are already working in
our economy right now, are those the individuals you want to reach out
to and be part of that 1 million people a year who become citizens? I
have yet to have someone tell me: No, that is not whom we are looking
for.
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