This past Easter Sunday, President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he was no longer going to support a deal for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA, as “Caravans” of immigrants are coming and that Republicans must turn to the “nuclear” option.

This announcement was proceeded by a series of tweets stating that Mexico is allowing immigrants to come flowing in through its Southern border and into the United States and that these flows of people are all coming to take advantage of DACA.

DACA allows for temporary protection from deportation and work authorization for young people.

Trump had initially wanted to make a DACA “deal” that would include border security regulations, but a bipartisan solution had yet to be reached in Congress when Trump announced there would be no more deal this Easter.

At The Daily Eastern News, we do not wish to promote a partisan agenda, but we also want students to feel comfortable learning at our school without fear of facing deportation.

We also want anyone attending our school with a student visa card to feel confident applying for jobs post-graduation without Trump era laws effecting their job prospects or chances of being able to obtain a Green Card.

We know international students at Eastern are here to learn and share their cultures with our country and hope they are allowed the opportunity to contribute all they can to our community.

The least we can do is encourage students to continue feeling comfortable enjoying and contributing to all Eastern has to offer.

We feel like this is an issue of morals and wish that Congress could put their political differences aside and come together to do what’s best for the young people of America.