Our DACA Issue

I do not know if any of you who might be reading this entry have also followed the DACA issue but I am personally delighted by the possibility that our Congress will take the President’s suggestion to act wisely and promptly to seek a just outcome for all DACA individuals within the 6 month window of opportunity he has provided in his recent decision. I believe the President’s decision is correct and just. I want you to understand that I am not against any of the DACA individuals who can meet the requirements in the yet to be established legal path to their possible citizenship.  I am personally relieved that their futures will finally be determined by the rule of law rather than in the dysfunctional courts of media and personal opinion. President Calvin Coolidge spoke these words on July 5, 1926 in Philadelphia. “It is not the enactment but the observance of laws that creates the character of a nation.”

Those among you who have chosen to inappropriately speak of President Trump as cruel because of his decision must consider the following facts about our nation’s Constitution.

Our Constitution is the law of the land.

Our government’s Legislative branch includes a Senate (100 members) and a House of Representatives (435 Members). Our Legislative branch was designed and empowered to Make the laws.

Our government’s Executive branch includes the President, Vice President and the President’s Cabinet. Our Executive branch was designed and empowered to Carry out the laws.

Our government’s Judicial branch includes the Supreme Court and other Federal lesser courts. Our Judicial branch was designed and empowered to Evaluate the laws.

Because it is ours, we must find a way to let our nation’s Constitution work its magic yet again and we must make a personal promise to learn and understand our Constitution and the ideals that created it.