Yes, agreed. And such a simple direct solution!
I would strongly suggest that as part of any deal, DACAs be permanently ineligible for any forms of public assistance.
My immigrant grandparents were part of the great migration wave of late 19th century. There was no public assistance, so they joined or formed the largest, well-managed network of mutual-aid societies ever. These fraternal organizations provided low-cost life insurance, unemployment insurance, and medical assistance. They offered low-interest, short-term loans to those who fell upon hard times.
Amazingly, they also formed thousands of ethnic-based, parochial schools funded with their own money. Most were part of Catholic parishes also built and funded with their money. I attended one during the 60s. Tuition was paid by the parish and the diocese. There were at least a dozen parish/school institutions. Every ethnic group in my hometown had their own parochial school. Today, sadly there are none.
My grandparents’ generation were poor as poor could be, yet they begat and raised large families without public assistance, and built homes, churches, and schools with whatever they could scrape together. There were no foodstamps-—they made homebread bread everyday, and boiled bones from the butcher shop to make broth. They never considered themselves entitled to anything. Yet, when my grandmother died, my father found a hidden coffee can containing $4,000.
Why can’t today’s poor do the same thing?