Linda Chavez Supports Deferred Action Program

Conservative pundit Linda Chavez, nominated by President George W. Bush to be Secretary of Labor, has written this interesting op/ed expressing support for the Obama Administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.  She addresses various conservative concerns with the program and ends by stating that

“Conservatives often invoke the principle that no one should be held accountable for wrongdoing that occurred in the past and in which the person in question played no role. We oppose reparations for slavery on this basis, as we do most forms of affirmative action. So, too, should we oppose a punitive policy that forces nearly two million young people to choose between continuing living in the shadows, unable to work, or leaving the country they’ve come to know and love.”

KJ