I'm blessed to have been US-born, so I suppose I fall short of being able to empathize with the Dreamers. And I won't take Mr Carrasco to task for his opinion that they "have earned the right to call themselves Americans". Instead, I find it disappointing and disingenuous that the option of legal-citizenship or dual-citizenship never seems to be raised by the likes of Mr Carrasco.
If a Dreamer, by definition, is one whose parents are/were in the US illegally and brought them to the US, then (as a parent of 3) I would urge those families to remain intact, with the children reuniting with their parents, while pursuing legal US citizenship. (...and those born here by illegal-immigrants should thus pursue dual-citizenship...). After all, isn't the family-unit much more beneficial to the Dreamer than being separated while remaining in the US? I believe that Mexico prides itself on being a nation of strong families; it is time for them to prove it.
Wayne Penazek
Oro Valley
Disclaimer: As submitted to the Arizona Daily Star.
