Don’t give up ‘dreamers’; you are most welcome here

I have heard enough about DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival).

These young people were brought here at an innocent age by their parents. They did enter the country illegally and that is unlawful and our country let us down by not being able or just ignoring this issue of illegals entering so easily and bringing their families.

The ‘dreamers’ are here and they should be allowed to stay. A law should be passed so that they can obtain legal status and not have to worry about being kicked out of their home and their country.

Can you imagine trying to live your life with the worry of not being able to stay in a place you have always lived, worked and contributed on a daily basis to the American Dream.

Don’t give up ‘dreamers.’ You are welcome here. You are part of the reason this great country is great.

— Barbara Gray, Chandler

Trump is making even more progress on ‘draining the swamp’

President Trump’s decision regarding DACA is pure genius. For far too long national lawmakers have been able to take cover on this issue.

These same lawmakers allowed Obama to disregard our immigration laws through his executive decisions and avoid accountability for not doing their jobs.

Trump has forced this issue to the House and Senate, requiring our lawmakers to accept their responsibility and do the job they were elected to do.

Better yet, this action will have an impact on the 2018 elections, when all these candidates can say is “We obstructed Trump.” Some Republicans may be removed in state primaries.

We are now on the road to “draining the swamp.” — Wiliam Wade, Mesa

This immigrant believes we need to support the ‘dreamers’

I am an immigrant. My parents brought me to the United States in 1958 when I was 11 years old. Since then I have received an American education, become an American citizen, married an American, raised an American daughter and enjoyed the many freedoms and opportunities America offers.

I have had a productive and rewarding career and gladly paid my fair share of taxes. I have participated in the political process by speaking out and always voting.

President Trump’s cancellation of DACA is cruel, immoral and heartbreaking. The human impact of 800,000 young people losing their legal status in this country is unconscionable. Every one of them would lose their work authorization and be at risk for deportation.

It is now up to Congress to pass legislation that will keep the “dreamers” in this country, allow them to live in freedom and become productive American citizens. America needs this special group of people.

Immigration has made this country a better place. I want all immigrants to enjoy the same freedoms and opportunities that I have enjoyed.

Please write your senators and congress person. Ask them stand up for DACA. — Jeff Goulden, Flagstaff

Americans need to prepare for catastrophic weather and illness

As the unfortunate tragedy in Houston plays out, some 90 percent of people in those flooded areas do not have flood insurance.

I see a similarity with our health-care program. If there are no mandates there will be no insurance. People will revert to the old system of going to the emergency room.

Just as our fellow citizens in Texas are expecting heroic help from FEMA, the type of help they want is not available, unfortunately, from FEMA.

So having a medical mandate and a flood mandate to me seem to go hand-inhand. — Sami Weir, Scottsdale

Stop being annoyed; these young people are the American Dream

I’ve got a suggestion for letter writer Jerry Whiteley, who is “getting pretty annoyed listening and reading about all the ‘dreamers’ demands. If you wish to stay in the U.S.A.,” he added, “then become a true citizen!”

Stop listening and reading about what annoys you, Jerry. Instead, read more letters like Anne Hart’s, published in the same issue of “The Arizona Republic.”

“These young people,” she wrote, “are the American dream.”

How true. — Jack Hawn, Sun City West