I’ve written about 1.6 million words as a columnist. This 600 or so will be the last. I’m retiring for a few reasons. One is that, while I’ve managed to
to be struck down by the conservative courts in texas. if congress does not act by the end of this year, the future of thousands of dreamers will be on the line. dreamers like juan vasquez from my district. in fact, from mecca, who as a senior in high school was detained by i.c.e. while working in the fields as a farm worker with his parents to help them pay the bills. after taking him under my wing as a premed student, juan graduated top of his classes from u.c.-berkeley and finished top of his class at u.c.-san francisco school of medicine. now he saves lives. he saves american lives. he saves fathers and mothers and children, daughters and sons and grandparents. every day as an emergency medicine resident in new york city. mr. ruiz: i think i had some influence, being an emergency physician myself and mentoring him in that path. but if daca ends, juan and hundreds of thousands of others will lose their jobs, impacting labor market sectors already experiencing shortages suc