Support for the ‘Dreamers’

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/opinion/dreamers.html

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To the Editor:

I found “ ‘Dreamers,’ in Jeopardy, Get Support From Range of Stars and Businesses” (news article, Dec. 8) morally encouraging. But the success stories of young people in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program are not being recognized and are being denied by a substantial number of Republican politicians in Congress.

Among today’s Dreamers it is possible to identify future architects, engineers, social workers, lawyers, doctors, scientists, artists, business executives and so forth. Such a precious educational investment in these talented youths by thousands of teachers should not be underestimated.

Tragically, the Dreamers’ deportation clock is still ticking. If thousands of educated Dreamers get deported as a result of politics in Washington, it will be at our own peril, particularly in the coming decades of global competition.

Today’s Dreamers grew up American, socially, culturally and educationally! Legalization, and a clear path to United States citizenship, should be granted immediately to this vibrant sector of our future leadership.

ALEJANDRO LUGO, LAS CRUCES, N.M.

The writer is a professor in the School of Transborder Studies, Arizona State University.