Is DACA really that big of a deal?

It's a big deal to people who are or know DACA people that are great people.

It's not a big deal to someone who doesn't know them and doesn't care about their situation.

All Politics are local.

I don’t think many Americans actually care that much about this. It might have a lot of support but it’s way down the list.

There are a lot of issues that people care about. DACA is the issue dujour, but I'm not sending that people are willing to change the direction the country is going, over DACA.

It doesn't mean they don't care. I think people realize that this is a political football, and the only reason it hasn't been resolved is because of partisanship.

It’s not a big deal at all. At least to American citizens. You’d never hear about it if it were not for DC politicians.

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It's a big deal to people who are or know DACA people that are great people. It's not a big deal to someone who doesn't know them and doesn't care about their situation. All Politics are local.

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This is irrelevant.

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It's a big deal to people who are or know DACA people that are great people and people who have been or know people who have been robbed, murdered, killed while drunk driving, canceled advance math class for more bilingual teachers, watched stagnant wage growth for a decade etc..

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You're right. It's local. Expanded your statement to not be a one-sided emotional ploy.

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87% of Americans are for it,

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bullshite.

There is no way that 87% of the country is in support of DACA. People who came here legally make up more than 13% of the country and that group says “frick the dreamers” for getting an advantage for breaking the law. Yes, everyone that is over 18 has broken the law be staying in this country illegally.

Why should they be granted legal residency just because they are brown? Meanwhile, to bring my white girlfriend from Europe, I have to spend nearly $10k for her to have the same legal residency. Democrats must be racists.

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No it isn't

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Wrong.

How do a minority of peoples feeling relate to whether an activity is criminal or not. It's irrelevant.

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There is no way that 87% of the country is in support of DACA.

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I think about 70% would like to see something done. The red herring here is that nobody says exactly what. If you say, "Let them stay, but don't give them citizenship" and add that to the number of people who want them to have citizenship, you might get 87%, but only if you frame the question as, "These are college graduates who are making great money as doctors and lawyers and paying their taxes and have spouses, children, houses, and love baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet. They have been in the country since they were two years old and have no memory of their home country. Do you want to rip them from their families and send them to a strange country that they don't know?"

There was a CBS poll that came in at 87%, but they don't, of course, give you the exact wording of the question.

I think the real answer is that 70% are willing to let them stay, but I think that number goes down if you let them stay and have a pathway to citizenship.