Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) is the latest GOP official to speak out against the Trump administration’s reportedly looming decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program—which grants work permits and temporary legal status to nearly 1 million immigrants who were brought to the United States as children.
In a statement released Friday evening, Scott wrote that he does “not favor punishing children for the actions of their parents” and believes Congress must act immediately to protect the people known as DREAMers who would be in danger of deportation if DACA is terminated.
“These kids must be allowed to pursue the American Dream,” he wrote.
Governor Scott statement on DACA: pic.twitter.com/2IB4ga0O6w
— Rick Scott (@FLGovScott) September 1, 2017
Scott’s message to Trump comes as a growing chorus of Republican officials are urging Trump to preserve the DACA program—including House Speaker Paul Ryan, several GOP lawmakers, and one of the state attorneys general who had originally sued the Obama administration over DACA.
On Friday, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced he and other Republicans in Congress will introduce a “conservative DREAM Act” that would create a path to permanent residency for immigrants who came to the U.S. when they were younger than 16 years old.
President Obama implemented the DACA program by executive order in the first place because Congress was unable to pass a DREAM Act in 2010.
The White House said a final decision on the fate of DACA will come on Tuesday, the same day Congress returns to Washington after a month-long recess.
Of course, these GOP idiots are too stupid to realize that Trump only listens to that little voice inside him. And by inside, I mean up his ass.
When Skeletor says you’re being too evil, it’s time to re-examine your plans.
I figure they’re just trying to play both sides. Getting “I didn’t want it to happen” out there in time for “It’s the President’s call and I’ll support a legislative solution when it emerges” next week.
Rick Scott, like every other Rethugliklan, is a frightened, opportunistic piece of shit worried about the backlash that will engulf the GOP like *Hurricane Harvey on steroids.
Oh, wait. I take that back. Most other Rethugliklans didn’t run a hospital company that was fined $1.7 billion for Medicare fraud, not that they didn’t want to. But other than that.
*Fun Fact: A typical ratio is 10 inches of snow equals 1 inch of water. Using that metric, Houston got the equivalent of 43 feet of snow in three days. Wrap your head around that!
So Donnie Two Scoops will see this as a dare because no one tells him what to do.