First Class Mail U.S. Postage PAID Lancaster PA The College Reporter Permit 901 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2018 LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA http://www.the-college-reporter.com VOLUME 54, ISSUE 13 On-campus panel discusses the past, present, future of DACA and Dreamers dreamers both mentally and phys- BY BORIS ZYUMBYULEV Staff Writer ically. Being unable to apply for a permit inhibits those people from “We can’t survive without ille- re-applying for driver’s licenses gal immigration, we can’t afford and forces them to work under the it.” This is what immigration at- table. That is, regardless of the fact torney Wendy Chan said at the that they still pay federal taxes and “DACA and Dreamers” Panel, contribute billions in government held on Wednesday evening in revenue, without being eligible Bonchek College House. Joining for any social care. Additionally, her at the panel were Professor Dreamers face the threat of depor- Stephanie McNulty of the Govern- tation or detention in a detention ment Department, Professor Laura center. A significant portion of Shelton of the History Department, the associated stress and fear with and Sanjee Soliman ‘17, an alum- the ending of DACA comes from na and Dreamer. Moderating the the fact that a lot of people do not event was Cheska Mae Perez ‘21, Photo courtesy of Cheska Mae Perez. know what to expect. This affects student and Dreamer. Sponsors of This past week the Diplomatic Congress hosted a panel entitled “The Future of DACA the Dreamers themselves, as well the event were Mi Gente Latina, and Dreamers” which featured community members, professors, students, and alumnae. College Democrats, Alice Drum as their families and friends. Women’s Center, and Sisters. panel, the program has protected Act of 2017. Even so, the Act is Cheska Mae Perez noted during The focus of the panel was, of around 800,000 people. However, a point of contention between the the panel how according to a sur- course, DACA and the govern- on September 5, President Trump two parties, especially in the more vey conducted by the Washington ment action, or inaction, towards moved to end DACA, as he had said polarized House. To a large extent, Post, 86% of Americans support it. DACA is an executive action he would do during the campaign. immigration and Dreamers blocked DACA. The question then became taken by President Barack Obama, The Department of National Secu- the government budget and led to why is the administration ending which protects undocumented im- rity set the date of March 5, after the government shutdown of Janu- the program. To that Wendy Chan migrants who have entered the US which permits will start expiring. ary 20 to January 22. added that Republicans are inter- before the age of 16 from depor- So far 6 seperate bills have been The panel held at Franklin & ested in being harder on immigra- tation. Following a background discussed in the House and in the Marshall discussed the impact of tion, through some form of Border check for eligibility, these immi- Senate; however, only one seems the ending of DACA, the future Security. However, Professor Shel- grants, commonly called Dream- to have bipartisan support. The bill of Dreamers, and their stories. Ac- ton observed that between 1986 ers, are given two-year permits was introduced by Senators Chuck cording to Attorney Wendy Chan, and 2004, the budget enforcing that with which they are able to both Schumer (D-NY), Jeff Flake (R- Chan and Associates, which is immigration security has increased work and study in the US. Accord- AZ), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Lind- based in Lancaster, PA, are large- ing to numbers cited during the sey Graham (R-SC) as the Dream ly affecting the undocumented see DACA, page 2 Republicans release Nunes memo, accuse F.B.I. of bias in Russia investigation BY JOSHUA CROPANZANO Trump, and that Mr. Steele was turned over was not sufficient although the public is not yet Contributing Writer personally inclined against Trump, to justify surveillance and that aware of the nature of these. stating it was “his mission” to Mr. Steele’s limited assertions The F.B.I. did inform the FISA On Friday, House Republicans prevent a Trump presidency. provided the basis for the Russian court that the information used released the highly controversial Using information turned over by investigation. However, the memo to open this surveillance may ‘Nunes memo,’ claiming it detailed Christopher Steele, and possibly lacks evidence which would prove have come from a politically bias against Donald Trump by other information which was not that the Russian investigation motivated source, although it the F.B.I. In the days before the released, the F.B.I. submitted a was fabricated as a means of did not specifically clarify that release, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) request to survey Carter Page, slandering Trump’s administration this information came from a tweeted that the memo would a then-Trump aide, on the or that the surveillance of Carter man funded indirectly by the reveal a conspiracy “worse than grounds that he was colluding Page was used with the intent of Democratic National Convention. Watergate.” To summarize, the with the Russians to swing the gaining information that could Additionally, it is not clear how Nunes memo revealed that the election. Indeed, it appears that be used against Donald Trump’s crucial the information submitted F.B.I. was aware that Christopher Carter Page had been in contact campaign. House Democrats have by Mr. Steele was in the FISA court Steele, a former British spy, was with a Russian intelligence stated that the Nunes memo lacks decision. The Nunes memo claims working for Fusion GPS, a firm operative in 2013. Republicans authenticity because of dangerous hired by the DNC to investigate allege that the material Steele omissions and inaccuracies, see MEMO, page 2 Inside this Issue... Opinion & Editorial Arts & Leisure Student offers opinion on the Student shares his opinion on the film importance of #TimesUp The Darkest Hour page 3 page 5 Campus Life Sports Creed Bratton visits campus, performs Larry Nassar convicted and sentenced comedy and music for sexual assault of minors page 4 page 6 Page 2 News The College Reporter DACA: Panel discusses politics and economics of immigration reform in DipCon event by 119% across both political par- Immigration Act of 1924 worked window for current DACA ben- administration in 2017, the usage ties. The general trend, according on the principle of quotas by coun- eficiaries, which does not put as of Detention centers is much higher to Professor Shelton, is that immi- try, as each quantity of immigrants much pressure on Congress for a now. Those centers are structured gration mostly depends on the eco- allowed depended on certain char- legislative decision. like prisons, and they exists for the nomic and political circumstances acteristics. By design, the Act was Just towards the end of the pan- enforced housing of undocument- in the countries where those move- intended to discriminate based on el, Professor Shelton pointed out ed immigrants; however, they have ments of people are happening. As religion, culture, nationality, race. the “weird” aspects of the current quota systems, which they aim to such, enforcement has generally The immigration law was changed political and social climate. Ac- fulfil. In other words, those centers been observed to be ineffective in in 1965 to a less discriminatory cording to her, historically there’s are packed at all times. In some affecting immigration rates. one, which scrapped the quotas a push-back by large scale em- cases, entire families are put into Professor McNulty joined this by nation, but it preserved the cap ployers whenever politicians get Detention, together with 9 month discussion to explain some of the to accepting immigrants. In other hard on immigration. In the words old infants and children. political realities in Washington. words, the Attorney General bring- of Wendy Chan, “these people are The main conclusion of the dis- The most crucial detail is that few ing up that model might indicate feeding us”. However, politicians cussion on DACA and Dreamers in Congress, where is the biggest the possibility that future Dream- seems to not feel the push-back. was championed by both Dream- standstill between the political par- ers will be affected by their nation- Additionally, social and civil un- ers on the panel, Cheska Mae Pe- ties and hardline factions, want to ality, race, religion, or any charac- rest and opposition also seems rez and Sanjee Soliman. Their get through a clean Dream bill. In teristic the Trump administration to have little effect. To Professor message was that Dreamers are ev- other words, House members want decides. Shelton, the discussion of immi- eryday normal people, and that the to pass a minibus package with In the second part of the discus- gration this time around, specifi- DACA program is essential to a lot several additional changes to leg- sion, Professor McNulty discussed cally the treatment of Dreamers, is of people from all over the world. islation together with Dreamers (if the injunction to the DACA appeal more a discussion of civil rights, And even if moving forward can at all). by a California Federal Judge. The and not border security or docu- seem more and more frustrating, In reference to an interview by injunction allowed Dreamers look- menting people properly. the most important thing now is Attorney General Jeff Sessions, ing for renewing their permits to The last item discussed by the to call Congress and tell them that who said he wanted to model the do so in the period between Octo- panel was the existence of Deten- one is in support of the Dream Act.