“even if the Dreamers were legalized without anything in return, it would still be a win.”
That’s a good point. But the biggest problem with it is, if you give them anything they’ll come back wanting more.
These aren’t “anchor babies”. These people weren’t afraid of being arrested because they have DACA immunity (at least for now).
Obama tried to piggyback DAPA (the illegal parents) onto his bootstrapped DACAns: illegal yutes. That took a lot of chutspah: trying to stack illegality on top of illegality—for foreigners here illegally.
The `yutes’ want permanent amnesty for themselves and for every illegal they know.
No way Jose. Been there, done that. If the DACAns have framed the issue as “all or nothing,” then nada. Harsh? It was their call.
And see Trump has framed it perfectly, he gave them DACA without asking anything in return. If they then spit in his face and say, “all of us or none,” then he’s completely justified in saying, “OK, none”.