Being poor is tough in America: you have to worry about paying your bills, feeding your kids, not losing your home or car, and a plethora of other added stressors many Americans do not understand — but if you’re a “Dreamer” who falls below the poverty line, you may soon have to worry about being kicked out of the country.
House Republicans recently introduced a bill that will punish Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipients if their income falls below 125% of the poverty line. Section 1102(b)(4)(L) if the SAF Act reads:
GROUNDS FOR INELIGIBILITY.—An alien is ineligible for contingent nonimmigrant status if the Secretary determines that the alien…if over the age of 18, has failed to demonstrate that he or she is able to maintain himself or herself at an annual income that is not less than 125 percent of the Federal poverty level throughout the period of admission as contingent nonimmigrant, unless the alien has demonstrated that the alien is enrolled in, and is in regular full-time attendance at, an educational institution within the United States;
“This bill literally criminalizes poverty among Dreamers. This legislation would immediately undo much of the progress that the Feds have made on,” CATO Institute’s David Bier said in an analysis of the horrific GOP bill. “This would turn millions of unauthorized immigrants into criminals overnight. It would also criminalize legal immigrants who fail to update their addresses, carry their green card with them at all times, or otherwise abide by the million inane regulations that Congress imposes on them.”
Enough is enough. It’s an election year, and it’s time to get moving. Democrats have huge issues traditionally with showing up at the f*cking polls between presidential elections, and it’s time to change that.
This year, we want so many of you to show up at the polls that Republicans will accuse you of voting twice. Oh, who are we kidding? They’ll do that anyway.
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