There is a bit of sage advice that warns, “Look before you leap.”
Motorists are also warned to not attempt to drive through a flooded street because it may be impossible to know the depth of the water.
Those warnings certainly apply to any politician, President Trump included, who may be inclined to reach a compromise on DACA.
It has been estimated by the DHS that about 800,000 illegal aliens have enrolled in DACA. The media and advocates for legalizing these aliens repeatedly describe them as having been brought here as children who, supposedly, had no control over their situation.
Most folks are not aware that in order to qualify, these aliens had to claim that they entered the United States prior to their 16th birthdays but could have applied to participate in this program if they did so prior to their 31st birthday. Today those aliens may be as old as 36 years of age.
Now, reportedly, the administration is seeking a compromise to deal with these aliens who will begin losing their temporary protection from deportation on March 5th.
However, in the parallel world of Washington, DC, what you see may not be what you get.
On January 18, 2018 USA Today reported, “There are 3.6M ‘DREAMers’ — a number far greater than commonly known.”
That estimate, according to USA Today, was provided by the Migration Policy Institute.
Advocates for legalization of DACA aliens, who enrolled in the Obama program, are also now demanding that any aliens who claim they would have qualified as “DREAMERS” and claim they entered the United States before their 18th birthdays be granted lawful status as well.
Durbin is seeking a massive legalization program through extortion, holding the U.S. government and Americans hostage.
The December 4, 2018 Chicago Tribune report, Durbin rallying support for Dream Act, included this sentence:
The Dream Act would grant “conditional permanent residency” to an estimated 1.8 million immigrants who arrived in the U.S. before age 18 and can meet requirements similar to those under the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.