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RECEIVED Sat., Sept. 30, 2017
Dear Editor,
I laughed when I read the phrase "prohibitive" renewal cost of $495 ["A Nightmare for DREAMers," News, Sept. 29].
I paid close to $600, just to get a nursing license transferred from Nebraska to Texas. Wow … so, for less than $500 I could have become a citizen? Let them use some of the money they saved on education, and housing, etc. which I have never had, to apply to begin the LEGAL process.
Please remember, this was set up to be a "temporary" fix, and taxpayers supported it for years. Time for them to apply for the correct papers, and be legal, and they will be welcome, and embraced.
Try to tell all sides of the story. There are many. I would never hold citizenship against anyone, but it is a process. I have to do it, and all of us do. Even if I'm a good driver, and don't break the law, I still need a license or I can't legally drive. It is the law.
I don't like many of the laws, or taxes. I live in this country though. No one lets me write the rules either.
I laughed when I read the phrase "prohibitive" renewal cost of $495 ["A Nightmare for DREAMers," News, Sept. 29].
I paid close to $600, just to get a nursing license transferred from Nebraska to Texas. Wow … so, for less than $500 I could have become a citizen? Let them use some of the money they saved on education, and housing, etc. which I have never had, to apply to begin the LEGAL process.
Please remember, this was set up to be a "temporary" fix, and taxpayers supported it for years. Time for them to apply for the correct papers, and be legal, and they will be welcome, and embraced.
Try to tell all sides of the story. There are many. I would never hold citizenship against anyone, but it is a process. I have to do it, and all of us do. Even if I'm a good driver, and don't break the law, I still need a license or I can't legally drive. It is the law.
I don't like many of the laws, or taxes. I live in this country though. No one lets me write the rules either.
Nancy Chenell
[Staff writer Mary Tuma responds: Ms. Chenell seems to perpetuate common DACA myths. For one, DACA does not allow an individual to "become a citizen." In fact, DACA is not even a pathway to citizenship. It is a two-year renewable protection from deportation with strict eligibility requirements. (Congress is now trying to craft a legislative solution for DREAMers that includes this pathway to citizenship.) Many have implied or stated that DACA is illegal, when in reality it is a wholly legal process, instituted by the executive branch under President Obama, that has never been found unconstitutional by a court.]
