Democrats need to toughen up

The Democrats are too weak. Those Democrats in Congress should indicate that, if their votes are needed to fund the federal government, that the Dream Act is not negotiable. It must be a given before any further negotiation is even possible. Let the whole government shut down until DACA and a dozen other problems are solved. I say: let Trump, Toomey and Thompson try to deport 800,000 people. That will blow up in their faces. Watch what happens when those DACA children are supported by their U.S. citizen children, friends, spouses, employers and supporters.

This story was originally published January 17, 2018 at 5:54 PM with the headline "Democrats need to toughen up."