Illegal aliens protest borders in Atlanta, January, 2016 – photo DIS

Dear editor at The Hill

Mollie Hooper gets it wrong — twice — in a February 28 piece on Rep. Steve King in which she tells readers that the DACA solution offered by Rep. Bob Goodlatte includes a path to U.S. citizenship.

“King also said he opposed a GOP immigration bill sponsored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) that would provide a pathway to citizenship for people covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA allowed immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children to work and go to school without fear of deportation” writes Hooper.

The Goodlatte bill codifies Obama’s DACA decree and provides a three-year renewable legal status with work and travel authorization. It does not grant green cards and thus no specific path to citizenship.

And let’s not overlook the fact that likely half of the now illegal victims of American borders did not cross those boundaries illegally. The DACA amnesty has also been extended to individuals who came to the U.S. lawfully and then illegally overstayed their visas.

I would have written sooner, but I assumed an astute editor would note the important error. This loyal reader asks for a correction.

D.A. King
Marietta, GA.