Focus on Dreamers breeds resentment from other immigrants here illegally
The article focuses on the immigrants who arrived to U.S. as a child, but do not qualify for DACA. These immigrants are facing bitterness towards those who are DACA recipients because senators are only attempting to find a solution for their stay. Media and government efforts have been focusing on this particular group and ignored the other thousands of hard-working and tax-paying immigrants. This is the case with Sam Paredes, who crossed into the U.S. illegally from Mexico at the age of 9. Although he arrived as a child, he did not qualify for DACA. Working hard and avoiding trouble for the last 30 years, he has hope of one day becoming a U.S. citizen. "I'm very bitter. These DACA kids definitely have this sense of entitlement," Paredes said. "People have fought for them and they got DACA and they got their work permit and then they went to sleep, instead of working to fight for the rest of us." Government efforts have surrounded DACA for being...