This past Tuesday president Trump ordered an end to the Obama-era executive order that protects young undocumented immigrants from deportation.

Deferred Action for Children Arrivals, also known as DACA, an immigration policy founded by the Obama administration, under DACA laws certain illegal immigrants those who entered the country as minors to receive a renewable period of deferred action from deportation and eligibility for a work permit.

As an immigrant, but also having close friends who moved to the United States as children, this news hit home for me.

Immigration can be a controversial topic, and might be that way for a long time. We all want safe, secure boarders and a stronger economy.

People tend to have disagreements about how to fix our immigration system, but so often these people aren't immigrants, they're American born individuals who will never understand the struggle of being an immigrant.

Those on DACA are young people who grew up in America, these Dreamers are Americans in their heart, and in every single way, but one: on paper.

They were brought here by their parents as infants, most often not knowing a country beside ours.

Those who oppose DACA dreamers often site that it drains resources, are looking for handout from the government, and steal opportunity from American citizens, this is quiet contrary.

These individuals pay taxes, yet never get the benefits, they cannot apply for Medicaid, obtain food stamps, or ACA.

So, my question is: How exactly are they taking advantage of the system?

To tell them to "go back" from where they came from would be the most un-American thing. American poet Emma Lazarus wrote,"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore."

This poem, permanently stamped on the Statue of Liberty, is seen as the unofficial greeter of immigrants.

Taking DACA is cruel. Why punish these people for something they had no say in? Why punish the future of America? Why punish our future doctors, soldiers, first responders, and educators?

Instead of tearing families apart, we should find solutions to their situation. We should find ways to make citizenship easy for these individuals.

Instead of punishing them, we should embrace them.