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Trump made a mistake. He gave Democrats a way out of their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) dilemma. Their dilemma was how to free the Dreamers being held hostage without sacrificing their principles by giving Trump his wall. Trump pitted one group of immigrants against another by demanding that the family reunification provisions of the immigration be rescinded.
Republicans want Dreamers exiled from “their” country. To rally Americans Democrats must show the faces of Dreamers being exiled as proof of the Republicans’ cruel defilement of the American dream. In the recent DACA tug-of-war Democrats were in the unenviable position of having to negotiate with people who were more than willing to walk away without a deal. After all, if Republicans failed to remove the family reunification provisions in exchange for protecting the Dreamers, they still had a President in thrall to Steven Miller and General John Kelly, two hardcore immigration naysayers.
If Republicans are willing to ignore 90 percent of Democrats and Independents and at least 65 percent of their base to satisfy the 35 percent of their hardcore immigration nay-saying base, then let them. The footage of Americans being deported will be reminiscent of those grainy black and white newsreels showing Jews being loaded on trains for their final journey to Buchenwald and Dachau. Americans will hear the anguished cries as their friends and neighbors are deported, leaving their homes and jobs.
Large donors like you can stop these scenes if you make it clear you will finance a massive ad campaign. You must be willing to show this country and world what a small minority of Trump voters would do to “take their country back.” You have said that you are Democrats and want to help the party. Dreamers and Democrats need non-stop, coast-to-coast ads showing packed trains ready to exile young Dreamers. If you really want to be outstanding Democrats, then please pay for these ads.
Republicans want Dreamers exiled from “their” country. To rally Americans Democrats must show the faces of Dreamers being exiled as proof of the Republicans’ cruel defilement of the American dream. In the recent DACA tug-of-war Democrats were in the unenviable position of having to negotiate with people who were more than willing to walk away without a deal. After all, if Republicans failed to remove the family reunification provisions in exchange for protecting the Dreamers, they still had a President in thrall to Steven Miller and General John Kelly, two hardcore immigration naysayers.
If Republicans are willing to ignore 90 percent of Democrats and Independents and at least 65 percent of their base to satisfy the 35 percent of their hardcore immigration nay-saying base, then let them. The footage of Americans being deported will be reminiscent of those grainy black and white newsreels showing Jews being loaded on trains for their final journey to Buchenwald and Dachau. Americans will hear the anguished cries as their friends and neighbors are deported, leaving their homes and jobs.
Large donors like you can stop these scenes if you make it clear you will finance a massive ad campaign. You must be willing to show this country and world what a small minority of Trump voters would do to “take their country back.” You have said that you are Democrats and want to help the party. Dreamers and Democrats need non-stop, coast-to-coast ads showing packed trains ready to exile young Dreamers. If you really want to be outstanding Democrats, then please pay for these ads.