TORRANCE TRIBUNE September 14, 2017 Page 3
Up and Adam
Spartans Getting Better, but Drop Second in a Row
One Man’s Opinion Another Man’s Opinion
Ending DACA Is a Mistake-
Democrats Response Is Just as Bad
By Cristian Vasquez
President Trump’s ending of DACA provides
no benefit to the country or the people in the
program. It’s no surprise that Attorney General
Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump
Administration will end the Deferred Action
for Childhood Arrivals program. Sessions
also announced that the administration will
formally judge applications on a case-bycase
basis, but will reject any new requests.
While there is no clear answer as to what
will happen next, what we do know is that
the 800,000 people protected under DACA
are now in a sort of immigration limbo.
DACA protected adults who were brought
here as children illegally but who have never
been in trouble with the law, have gained
academic success and in 93 percent of cases,
found gainful employment. DACA protected
these individuals, also known as DREAMers,
from deportation and granted work permits
to work legally in the United States. This
protection was granted on two-year terms,
after which DREAMers would be able to
reapply. DACA was never a pathway to
citizenship; it simply allowed people who
through no choice or fault of their own ended
up in the United States without the proper
documentation.
One argument used by DACA opposition
is why haven’t these people become legal
residents if they have been here for so long.
Well, if the people using this logic knew any
better, they would understand that from the
mid-1990s to about 2005, the country ramped
up its border protection efforts along the US/
Mexico divide. At about the same time, there
were changes in the United States immigration
laws that made it beyond complicated, if not
impossible, for anyone in the country illegally
to obtain legal status. That was a great strategy
for punishing adults who came into the
country illegally, but it left kids brought into
the country in a bad situation. Due to these
laws, these children were unable to become
residents despite having been raised in the
United States. These kids didn’t chose to
come--their parents did. While it makes sense
to punish the parents by excluding them from
obtaining legal status, why are the children
at fault? Why must they now leave the only
country they have ever called home? These
kids shouldn’t be punished for the sins of their
parents and ending DACA leaves them very
vulnerable to an unfair punishment.
Just to clarify, in order to apply for DACA,
immigrants must have been in the United
States before 2007, they must have been 15
years old or younger when they arrived and
younger than 31 years old when DACA was
created (June 2012). These recipients were
required to have spotless criminal records,
and they must have been enrolled in high
school or have a high school diploma. If the
solution is to have Congress approve something
permanent, then what’s the benefit of
stripping these people of DACA protection?
There is none. It’s just a political move to
earn points for the President among voters
who lack a basic understanding of what this
program entails. To punish these young adults
for the crimes of their parents is wrong. •
So What Part of Illegal Is So Hard
for Some Folks to Understand?
By Duane Plank
Watching CNN weekday early-morning anchor
Chris Cuomo, maybe one of the biggest
crybaby libs on the air, stand on a deck on a
waterway in Florida as Hurricane Irma devastates.
As he beseeches Floridians to heed the
warnings of smart folks and get the heck out
of Dodge as the killer Hurricane approaches,
he had to throw his idiotic opinion into the
possible devastation: “This is not political!”
Duh, you fool.
A not-so-charitable thought crossed my
docile mind. I would not be all too upset if
his pomposity was swept right off the pier he
was standing on, tossing the lib right into the
drink. I am a dark thinker, eh?
So DACA dominated the early part of the
never-ending, voracious 24-hour news cycle
last week, with the lefties decrying President
Trump’s decision to give the illegals another
six months to stay in country, hoping that the
current do-nothing Congress would somehow
craft a manageable plan to deal with the immigration
problem that Trump inherited from
the king of executive action, Barack Obama.
The southpaws went wall-to-wall after
Attorney General Jeff Sessions made the pronouncement
last week that the DACA program
was still on life support. The talking-head panelists
decried Trump as mean-spirited, uncaring,
blah, blah. They also sprinted to the tape room,
crafting heart-wrenching pieces about the illegal
in-country Dreamers, including those doing
their best to aid the victims of the hurricanal
devastation that hammered Texas recently,
and how they are a critical component to the
continued success of our economy.
And, per page 28 in the leftist playbook, rallies
and angry walkabouts were held nationwide,
deploring Trump and his agenda, and singing
the praises of those here illegally. Illegally.
Estimates put the number of “Dreamers” in
country at around 800,000. In the sanctuary
state that California has become, more than 25
percent of them reside in our friendly confines.
The currently water-logged and battered state
of Texas is fortunate enough to be home to
about 125K Dreamers.
Somehow missing in the breathless coverage
given the “Dreamers” by CNN and their
co-conspirator networks--who have basically
become the press agents for the leftist agenda
ever since Hillary C. was shamed last November-
-were stories about illegal immigrants who
committed murder, or other atrocities, as they
continue to live in the shadows in America,
returning after being deported time-and-time
again, pillaging our citizens, sucking up taxpayer
money and services.
Have you heard of Jamiel Shaw, a 17-year-old
budding football star murdered by an illegal
immigrant in cold blood in 2008? How about
Kathyrn Steinle, who was gunned down by a
habitual criminal, illegal alien pig, who had
been deported five times as she was innocently
enjoying the sights of the San Francisco-area
Embarcadero.
Doubt that you saw any of that carnage
mentioned on MSNBC as their anchors huffed
and puffed and deemed any who want tighter
border controls as racists. Page 1 in the current
far-left playbook. •
By Adam Serrao
South High Spartans head football coach
Matt Mishler has the very challenging task
of taking an extremely young team into a
highly competitive year of football looking
for victories. If we learned anything from
Mishler and South High’s journey to begin
the season, it was that it wasn’t going to be
easy. A 48-0 loss to Fountain Valley in the
first game of the year did its part to give the
team a very bad taste in its mouth. Last Friday
night at South High, the Spartans may have
lost, but the team took a step forward. In a
33-14 defeat at the hands of the Hawthorne
Cougars, Mishler and his South High team
showed some signs of life.
Bouncing back after a 48-0 trouncing is
never an easy thing to do. Watching Hawthorne
score a rushing touchdown in the opening
minutes of the very next game tends to do
its part in making things just a tad bit harder.
If a young and talented Spartans team has
learned one thing, though, it’s to never give
up--and so, they bounced right back. Down
7-0, sophomore quarterback Drew Nash tossed
his first touchdown of the season to keep his
team close in the first quarter. It wasn’t long,
though, before opposing quarterback Joshua
Robledo would take over.
Robledo plunged into the end zone from
three yards out to give his team a 13-7 lead
going into the half. With time running out
in the second quarter, Nash and the Spartans
attempted to tie things up and take the lead
at the break. An interception in the end zone
foiled South’s plans, however, and paved
the way for the Cougars to take over the
game. “That was a game-changer,” Mishler
explained of the crucial play just before the
half. “I think if we go in up, it changes the
game around.”
By going into the half down, the game
was changed in the opposite direction.
Robdelo came out and put things further
out of reach when he completed a 10-yard
pass midway through the third quarter
to give his team a 19-7 lead. Turnovers
and missed opportunities highlighted the
rest of the night for South as a fumble
on offense eventually led to another Cougars
touchdown to put the score at 27-7.
Running back Anthony Rugnetta was able
to help his team cut into the lead when
he rushed for a touchdown in the opening
minutes of the fourth quarter. Another interception
thrown by Nash, however, and a
later fumble by Rugnetta ultimately sealed
South High’s fate.
Nash led the way on offense for the Spartans
with 192 yards through the air and a
touchdown, but also threw two interceptions.
Running back Sampson Kuaea had a nice
showing for South as well, rushing for 102
yards on just 14 carries. Ultimately, it was
Robdelo who paved the way for a 33-14
Hawthorne victory. The quarterback had 140
yards and a touchdown through the air while
also rushing for three more on the ground
against the Spartan defense. South should be
encouraged by the improvement it showed in
just one week’s time, but an extremely young
team needs to limit mistakes on offense and
do better defensively if it wishes to come
away with its first win of the season this
Friday night against an 0-3 Santa Fe Chiefs
football team.
West High
The West High Warriors bounced back
in a major way from an opening day loss
two weeks ago with a 45-0 shutout over
the Eastside Lions. With a score like 45-0,
it’s easy to see that the Warriors dominated
the game from the opening whistle. West
starting quarterback Venture O’Neal led the
way under center. The senior accounted for
a touchdown through the air and one on the
ground in the first victory of the season for
his team. Senior running back Blake Turner
was another driving force on offense for the
Warriors, accounting for two more touchdowns
on the ground in the 45-point victory. West
will look to stay on track this week in what
should be a challenging matchup when it
welcomes the Redondo Union Sea Hawks
to town.
North High
The North High Saxons avenged their Week
2 loss to Aliso Niguel by coming out and
smothering the Bishop Montgomery Knights
on the road last Friday night. Jacob Jurado
led a defense that held the Knights to just
three first-half points and nine total points
on the night. Quarterback Sean Sigala and
running backs Saeed Galloway and Chris
Pineda did their thing on offense, jumpstarting
the Saxons to a 14-3 lead after the first
quarter and a 27-3 lead at the half before
eventually winning by a final score of 33-9.
The Saxons are the heavy favorites to take
the Pioneer League title this season. This
week if they wish to separate themselves
in the standings, they will have to defeat a
Culver City Centaurs team that is coming
off of back-to-back victories over both West
High and Torrance High.
Torrance High
The Torrance Tartars welcomed the Culver
City Centaurs into town last Friday night and
were greeted rudely in what has now been
the second disappointing showing in a row
for Torrance. Culver City led early, but broke
things open late by allowing the Tartars to
score just 13 points throughout the first three
quarters of play. In the fourth quarter, the
Centaurs extended a 27-13 lead to a 41-20
cushion to officially put the game out of
reach. Torrance eventually took a 28-point
loss to fall to 0-2 on the young season. Head
coach Rock Hollis and company will look
to get things turned around this week, but
it certainly won’t be easy. The Tartars will
stay at home to welcome in a Peninsula
Panthers team that is coming off of a 72-6
victory and has beaten Torrance in three of
the last four meetings.
– Aserrao6@yahoo.com •
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