Jorge Ramos´ Misleading DACA Editorial Is An Electoral Call To Arms

MRC Latino | June 18, 2020
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BORJA VOCES: We now link up with Jorge Ramos, who has been talking about DREAMers for years. Jorge, what do you think about the Supreme Court’s decision? What’s your opinion?

 

JORGE RAMOS: It’s truly an historic decision. I remember when four young undocumented kids walked from Miami to Washington, D.C. a decade ago in order to convince the president that they should stay here. And the Supreme Court is forceful. In effect, they’re saying: DACA is legal, DREAMers are legally in the United States, and they cannot be deported. This seems fundamental to me. If today’s 5-4 ruling were in the reverse, 5-4 against, right now we’d be talking about hundreds of thousands of young people who would be in fear of being deported and sent to a country they don’t know. So the ruling is fundamental. Here also, politically, we’re realizing that this is about a ruling in which young people who were not born in the United States defeat the President of the United States at the Supreme Court. In a tweet, President Donald Trump said that this was a horrible decision that does not reflect the values of the United States. However, many would say that the president is wrong. The Supreme Court certainly believes that he was wrong in his intent -it didn’t happen- but in President Donald Trump’s intention behind ending DACA. Of course, this isn’t over, but continues of course in the next election on November 3rd. Back to you.   

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