Pope should stick to his day job
Pope Francis said President Trump is not “pro-life” because he does not support Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The Pope has a habit (no pun intended) of regurgitating “fake news.”
Constitutional lawyers state that DACA is unconstitutional. To make it right, President Trump said, “he was ready to sign any constitutional legislation that would accommodate the dreamers.” As usual, many lazy, inept members of Congress, both Republican and Democrat , would rather whine, bloviate and score “resist” points, than present a bill to preserve the spirit of DACA.
The Pope needs to stick to his day job.
Why doesn’t the pope turn his Castel Gandolfo 135-acre vacation estate into a community for the disenfranchised “dreamers” and their families? High-rise apartments could house thousands of immigrants in Italy. Billions in the Vatican bank to keep it going. This would shore up Italy’s declining population — perhaps caused by too much secularism and birth control?
MICHAEL VELSMID, PEACHTREE CITY
Dreamers can offer much to the U.S.
In response to letter-writer of "Dreamers are not U.S. responsibility," Opinion, Sept. 11, I'd like to agree that the "dreamers" are not our responsibility — but then turn his claim in a different direction: they give us a chance to exercise the privilege of accepting them. They offer the U.S. a great opportunity to re-establish our reputation for magnanimity, an image badly tarnished and diminished now. Rather than focusing on the tiny amount of money they might cost the country — this claim is widely disputed by economists who cite their financial contributions to the country — we ought to look forward 10 years when these young people are citizens, have families, pay taxes, boost our overall economy and enhance our cultural complexity. Or we might simply see our own hopes in their faces, and welcome them as fellow humans.
RICKS CARSON, ATLANTA
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