| Visitors Now: | |
| Total Visits: | |
| Total Stories: |
| Story Views | |
| Now: | |
| Last Hour: | |
| Last 24 Hours: | |
| Total: | |
How About An American DREAM Act?
In the three and a half years since Barack Obama took office the American Dream has turned into an American nightmare. Listening to him grant immunity to illegal immigrants in his DREAM Act speech makes one wonder whether the President, who seems very concerned about the future of young illegals, ever considers the predicament young law-abiding American Dreamers presently find themselves in thanks to him.
President Obama is either clueless or unconcerned that millions of Americans presently live in fear of never securing a good paying job, owning a home, or being able to adequately provide for their family. Whichever – whether he is clueless or unconcerned, neither option bodes well for America.
Lest we forget, young Americans are the primary ones who "study in our [taxpayer funded] schools, play in our neighborhoods" and proudly "pledge allegiance to our flag." Children born and raised in this country are true "Americans in their hearts, in their minds, in every single way," but they are also the ones being deprived of a future by a President who gives preference to illegals while ignoring the plight of the citizens he was elected to protect.
In his Rose Garden statement, President Obama encouraged the nation to put ourselves "in the shoes" of those brought here as children by parents and who have lived here more than five years. Instead of encouraging Americans to step into the shoes of illegals, maybe Barack Obama should step into the shoes of struggling Americans first. It's in those shoes that he would find that the real dreamers are those born and raised in this country.
Americans are the ones looking for jobs that no longer exist; Americans are the ones who have driver's licenses but are so short on cash it's hard to gas up the car, and those born in this country are the ones who watch as every other ethnicity except unhyphenated-American receives the greatest percentage of college scholarships.
In his DREAM Act announcement an emphatic Barack Obama contended that illegals should be given immunity because "it makes no sense to deprive talented young people who for all intents and purposes are Americans equipped to do the job — young people who want to staff our labs or start new businesses or defend our country simply because of the inaction of politicians who refuse to close the border." It's hard to believe that the President didn't hear his own words and realize that, unlike those "for all intents and purposes" Americans, actual Americans are the ones victimized by the negative impact of uncontrolled illegal immigration and his poor economic policies.
According to Barack Obama, over the next few months the Department of Homeland Security will be taking steps to "lift the shadow of deportation" from young illegals. While 12.7 million Americans remain unemployed, the President's administration will be making sure "eligible individuals who do not present a risk to national security or public safety" — and inevitably some who do — will be freed from the shackles of illegality. In addition, Dreamers will be given "temporary relief from deportation proceedings" and the ability to "apply for work authorization" in an already nightmarish job market.
