From all of the articles I've read so far, I have picked up one well known fact: Republicans do not like illegal immigrants. They won't let them vote, and they really won't let them do anything except go back to the country that they came from. Democrats on the other hand, are welcoming them into the US with open arms. (Most likely why Obama is pushing for the laws favoring immigrants).
Moving on, since Republicans heavily dislike them they immediately decline a new law the Democrats are trying to pass up. "A proposal that would allow children brought into the country illegally to gain legal status through military service," as quoted from the article. I told this to my aunt and she said "They just fired a bunch of troops due to them making too much money." I'm not sure if that has anything to do with this situation, since I haven't researched it, but I find it odd that they want people from ANOTHER COUNTRY fighting for the US instead of American soldiers. On the other hand, I don't really think it matters if they were from another country. They came here when they were little kids, so naturally the US feels more like home than their previous country.
Further into the article, it explains that when the proposal was brought up by two men, they received heavy dissaproval from the "higher-ups," John Boehner and Eric Cantor. It had surprised me that both of them had supported the idea, but are now suddenly against it. John Boehner said it just wouldn't be right to put it onto the Natural Defense Authorization Act (which is basically US federal law), while Jeff Denham, one of the men who proposed the idea, says it is fine because it doesn't have anything to do with immigration laws.
Before I go on, this reminds me of a book I read a couple years back called FlyGirl. It takes place in WWII following about a young African-American woman who wants to being a pilot in war but really wasn't able to because she was black and a woman. Those two didn't mix if you wanted to be in the army back then. If you compare it to this situation, it really isn't all that different. People of a different race wanting to join the military and fight for the US but can't because of their differences.
In the article, it talks about a man who thinks the US could use DREAMers to their advantage. He said that “The ENLIST Act would provide a path to citizenship for DREAMers who are willing serve, fight and put their lives on the line for this country." I can kind of agree with him on that. I mean, don't they need as many troops as possible anyway? If so, then why are they trying to push them away?
After that the article mainly talks about whether or not they will even go through with the act. Boehner says it's all up to the President now, so it probably won't go any further before mid term elections. In my opinion, at the pace everything is going now, it most likely won't.
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