Issues Concerning DACA: Privilege In America

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I don’t live in America, but I have seen and heard the issues concerning DACA. I found it ironic because most countries are base on the foundation of immigration. Personally, I think the real reason people are having a challenging time with immigration is an entitled privilege. Through entitled privilege, people feel they have the right to categories, discriminate, bully, and scapegoat their responsibility, by blaming others for challenging times in their life. When people feel their entitled privilege are changing around them, noting is looking and feeling the same, they become afraid. When you're afraid you become bitter, hateful and refuse to understand another person plight. Changing the way, you think and feel about someone or an

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