Blog Post 1

On February 7, 2018 at the White House in Washington, D.C. a speech was held by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. He spoke to confirm that the 850 immigrants who are currently serving in the military or waiting to start basic training would not face deportation even with the ongoing issues of people who came here illegally as children. Unless they have committed a serious felony or a judge has issued a specific deportation for them all veterans and those honorably discharged will be safe. In September President Trump said he was banning the DACA program which provided people who were brought here as children who are now living here illegally from deportation. All of those DACA service members came under a special recruitment program called the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest. They look for people who can offer special skills such as speaking another language fluently. Congress continues to struggle finding a legislative solution. This post relates to AP Gov class because we often talk about how large of an issue the immigration process has become in our country with Trump. I don't necessarily believe that everybody should be able to stay in American illegally but I do think that if you do not have a record or are doing anything to abuse the rights of living in America you should not be punished with deportation. I believe we do need some people from other places here for such things as the military because they often can provide some special skills Americans can not. I know someone who was here illegally under the DACA program and after his dad passing his family never went through the process of continuing what his dad was doing to renew his DACA. He is a great person and had a great job just wanting to live the American Dream and make money. In this case I feel awful he may have to face deportation but had he not been a great harmless person to this country I would feel differently. My point is that as long as you are not doing anything wrong or just abusing our rights I believe you should be able to live here freely.