DALLAS TWP. — President Donald Trump’s plan to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program may be presented as decisive action in the immigration debate, but it actually demonstrates an American tradition of avoiding the issue, a Misericordia University professor believes. “It strikes me that President Trump’s handling of DACA is reflective of a long history of nativist or anti-immigrant sentiment in America that has far too often been used by politicians for their own gain, without much consideration of the big picture issue: Governing immigration in the U.S.,” said Alan Austin, who specializes in immigration history. While he could recall no case where the age of immigrants was a deciding factor in immigration actions, Austin said the country’s history has ample examples of politicians taking anti-immigrant stands without really talking about comprehensive immigration law. “It seems pretty clear to me we ought to have a real honest, thorough conversation about our immigration policy,” he said.

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