January 28, 2021
The Washington Post
washingtonpost.com
Biden Actions consistent with historical Republicans
President Biden is correct to want to find a path to citizenship for the “Dreamers” – DACA “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals”. My read of history would support his decision but Congress needs to act to make it happen.
The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution promised the vote to all American males, regardless of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude. This was passed in February 1869.
President Grant was sworn into office on March 4th 1869 with the stated ambition, to offer citizenship to the Native American Indian tribes.
During the Civil War, he saw many black troops fight and die with courage which expanded Grant’s belief in equality. President Grant switched his political party from Democrat – whose pro slave owner policies were in line with President Andrew Jackson to the new Republican Party, led by anti-slavery president Abraham Lincoln. “Ulysses S. Grant was the last President of the United States to have slave.
Respectfully yours,
Joseph J Farricielli
Singer Island, FL 33404