The military and all “essential” personnel are required to continue working without pay while those in the House and the Senate, who are the ones who “shut down the government” are guaranteed paychecks.
House Votes to keep the government running:
- Democrats: 6 YES 186 NO
- Republicans: 224 YES 11 NO
Senate Votes to keep the government running:
- Democrats: 6 YES 43 NO
- Republicans: 47 YES 5 NO
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is NOT an immigrant visa. It is not designed to be a pathway to citizenship. It was simply designed to put off the inevitable. Or as some think, a holding pattern until a new pathway can be made to citizenship. Yet since June of 2012 there has been no action to make DACA a pathway. There was time before President Trump was elected to make that happen.
Which brings me to my question, why shut down the government for DACA? What does DACA have to do with keeping our government running? While I do have compassion for those effected by the crimes of others; I feel that shutting the government down is punishing everyone for those crimes. First and foremost the “essential” personnel and Military.
Essentially or I should say simplistically those who committed the crime of illegally coming here, bringing their children here (and are still here). They committed the crime against their children. If I purchase a car and then find out it was stolen I don’t get to keep the car. I also don’t get my money back. It is not the fault of law enforcement nor is it their responcibility to reimburse me.
I realize I hold a very simple view of this shut down and the politics behind it.