Ohio State Governor John Kasich has offered a home to those
currently benefitting from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
program recently rescinded by the President Donald Trump’s administration, saying “If the
Dreamers want to go somewhere and live, come to Ohio.”
Governor Kasich said on CBS Television program “CBS This Morning”
that “the children and young people in DACA are contributors to American
society.”
According to him, ““If you were one of these young
people, striving to be a part of America and to make something of yourself and
all of a sudden somebody tells you one day you may be deported to a country you
know nothing about. We want them in America.
“If the Dreamers want to go somewhere and live, come to
Ohio. We want all the immigrants to come to Ohio because we know how much they
contribute to America,” he said.
Meanwhile the Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs
(OCHLA) has expressed support for DACA recipients while condemning President
Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
program.
It said that “nearly 800,000 DACA recipients in the U.S.
will be directly impacted - 4,500 of whom reside in Ohio. Ohio is now poised to
lose nearly 4,000 employees from the workforce, resulting in an estimated
annual GDP loss of $25,609,158.
“While the economic implications of this decision cannot
be ignored, even more important is the moral obligation of our government to
protect its youth. DACA recipients are law-abiding citizens that have overcome
myriad barriers to become productive, contributing members of society,” it
stated.
Also, Ohio-based Immigration lawyer, Richard Herman has said
that “the sudden end to DACA program creates issues for these individuals which
could be devastating to families all over the United States.”
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