Keep DACA, deport the Nazis

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>But there's a far better option, one I introduce via this modest slogan: "Keep the dreamers, deport the Nazis."

>It's catchy, right? And, when you look at the facts, it's rather sensible.

>The so-called "dreamers" are a specific group of young people whose parents brought them into the country illegally. The argument in their favor is that they, as children, had no control over the decision to break immigration laws and thus shouldn't be punished.

>For years, lawmakers debated giving these young people a path to citizenship through legislation called the DREAM Act, but it stalled and, in 2012, President Barack Obama created DACA.

>Nazis, on the other hand …

>I feel the case against them has been pretty well litigated, what with World War II and the widespread belief that people who want other groups of people to stop existing are not the kind of people we want to have around.

>So, if folks in far-right Republican circles have an itch to round up and chase undesirables out of the country, I know a group most would love to see go. And it's not those shielded by DACA, who have proved themselves smart, productive and very much not Nazis.

>I suppose the next question is: To where does one deport American Nazis and white supremacists?

>That's not my area of expertise. I'm more of a slogan writer. But I would point out that, as a group, they seem to have a thing for guns and a hatred for nonwhite, non-Christian people.

>So perhaps they could be sent to fight ISIS in Iraq and Afghanistan, a role I imagine they'd be both uniquely qualified for and staggeringly bad at.

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