a letter to the paper

I have sympathy for all the people seeking DACA protection. It’s a touch situation to be in.

The Sun-Times spoke recently about their frustrations. (‘There’s a lot of us,’ October 4)

I have two suggestions I would like to make for them:

1) You do understand why it’s so hard to get legislation to help you, right? Immigration used to be a process where people would apply and countries would choose who they would accept, based on what a person had to offer and what we needed as a country.

Now our immigration is based pretty much on whoever shows up, and nobody is counting or cares how many people come in.

A lot of people think that that is no way to run a country.

If you can get Congress to secure the southern border for good, your chances of getting DACA legislation will measurably increase.

2) I think your chances of gaining public favor will increase a lot too if you protested with signs that were written in English. Little things can make a big difference.