I just read the third article of the day describing an action taken by President Trump as racist. It's worth exploring, particularly since that word "racist" gets tossed around so much by the left.
What the President did was to cancel the Obama era Deferred Action for Parents of Americans program. This program, also called DAPA for short, allowed the parents of American citizens to stay in the country without fear of deportation. In other words, if a couple came to the USA illegally and then had a child here, that child (who is an American citizen) provided safety from deportation for both parents.
The critics of this move say that it is directed at mostly Hispanics and it is racist. There's a big problem with this argument, however. DAPA never went into effect. It was stopped by an order from a federal court that determined the program was an illegal act beyond the power of president Obama to create on his own. It required an act of Congress to set up such a program. So what President Trump did was to rescind the presidential order which had already been ruled improper and illegal. It affected nobody. It was not directed at anyone. It surely was not racist except in the minds of those who hate the President and automatically think whatever he does must be racist.
The facts say otherwise, but that seems to be having no effect on the crazies in the mainstream media.
What the President did was to cancel the Obama era Deferred Action for Parents of Americans program. This program, also called DAPA for short, allowed the parents of American citizens to stay in the country without fear of deportation. In other words, if a couple came to the USA illegally and then had a child here, that child (who is an American citizen) provided safety from deportation for both parents.
The critics of this move say that it is directed at mostly Hispanics and it is racist. There's a big problem with this argument, however. DAPA never went into effect. It was stopped by an order from a federal court that determined the program was an illegal act beyond the power of president Obama to create on his own. It required an act of Congress to set up such a program. So what President Trump did was to rescind the presidential order which had already been ruled improper and illegal. It affected nobody. It was not directed at anyone. It surely was not racist except in the minds of those who hate the President and automatically think whatever he does must be racist.
The facts say otherwise, but that seems to be having no effect on the crazies in the mainstream media.
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