Immigration

Barack Obama was the toughest president on illegal immigration since we started to track it.  Under the Obama Administration, illegal immigration in the United States decreased by 90%, and the United States began to record a net loss in the number of undocumented workers present in the country.

There are such things as facts, and there are such things as opinions.  Opinions are frequently wrong.  Facts are never wrong.

The first sentence of the above paragraph is an opinion.  The second sentence is a fact that I use to back up the opinion.  Before we can have a discussion about illegal immigration in this country, everyone involved in that negotiation needs to understand that the second sentence is a fact.  Anyone who does not understand that second sentence is not competent enough to negotiate.

The reason I bring this up is because the Obama Administration did something amazing in regards to illegal immigration.  I think it's fair to say that President Obama was conscious about his legacy, and I think it's also fair to say that going on a witch hunt for undocumented workers who many times have no recollection whatsoever of their home countries because they were moved here at such a young age is something that would not have reflected well on his legacy.  Never mind the fact that it was the right thing to do.

Obama was the toughest president on illegal immigration, but he managed to accomplish that while leaving behind a legacy of being compassionate and caring about the subject.  Why?  Because he considered Dreamers to be untouchable while ensuring that the number of future Dreamers would be as small as possible.

Let me put it bluntly.  I am concerned that people I might now and/or care about are going to get deported because of the stupid jackass in the White House who thinks it's fun to play president.

I am concerned that 8 years of advances in the topic of illegal immigration, a problem that was sufficiently solved by the Obama Administration, will be rolled back.

I've tried to be pragmatic about the Trump Administration.  The problem is, I have a hard time believing that repealing DACA is even on the table.  It makes me wonder if perhaps repealing the 15th and 19th Amendments might be next on the Trumpnado's wish list.