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Re:From Apple to Y Combinator–tech sector denounces new “Dre... by koolba on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @06:38AM (#15182579)
> "It is particularly cruel to offer young people the American Dream, encourage them to come out of the shadows and trust our government, and then punish them for it," Zuckerberg wrote.

I don't often agree with Zuckerberg but he's spot on here. The real person to blame is President Obama.

By skirting the constitution and implementing DACA via executive order, he set up a time bomb that was due to go off as soon as a Republican was in office. Blaming Trump for enforcing our laws and US Constitution is a cheap shot.

You can also blame Congress for not acting for the past 5 years. And if you really feel like they should be granted permanent status, blame the Democrats for not passing leglistatiom for doing that when they controlled the House, Senate, and POTUS.

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Re:From Apple to Y Combinator–tech sector denounces new “Dre... by pamqzl on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @06:40AM (#15182587)
I don't see why these people can't go back to their home countries and begin the same process that the rest of us non-US-citizens have to go through if we want to live in the US.
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Re:From Apple to Y Combinator–tech sector denounces new “Dre... by Boothroid on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @07:00AM (#15182664)
It seems like there are powerful groups that would prefer the law to be flexible as regards migration - but not flexible when it comes to IP law, for example, where they want to be able to fully exploit their patents, and to throw people in jail for torrenting a few films.
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