The very first fight of the Trump administration might be against the Dreamers and, believe me, they are warriors. Most of them were kids or babies when their parents brought them illegally to the United States. This is the only country they know. They are as American as Barron, Donald Trump’s 10-year-old son. But they don’t have a document to prove it.
I have known them for years. In 2010 four of them walked, defiantly, all the way from Miami to Washington, D. C., to bring attention to their plight. Two years later they convinced President Obama to use his executive authority to grant them work permits and protect them against deportations. Now they want to fully participate in this society but Trump is on their way.
The Dreamers are, in fact, the leaders of a new immigration movement. The strategy of their parents was to hide and be silent; theirs is to be openly proud of who they are and to be in your face. The Dreamers are not going to let Donald Trump alone. I know them. They will protest, they will risk arrest but they won’t give up.
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