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They don't want otherwise law-abiding unauthorized residents to be expelled from the country.
Ummm...ooohhh...errr...
Gonna have to throw a flag. I think most people on either side of the aisle have no problem with removing unauthorized residents, in general. There could be a laundry list of exceptions. For example, someone has a protection order, like that guy deported exactly to the place the judge says we couldn't deport him. I think a better use of resources would NOT be going after "otherwise law-abiding" folks, but I won't defend those folks to the extent that I say "they can stay here forever". They do deserve to have their cases properly adjudicated, and not be shot at random. Proper adjudication means being in front of a judge. But if they are here illegally, and don't fit into that laundry list, then they should expect to be removed. That gives me no heartburn.
I do have problems with deporting people that have legit visas (or residency cards), either for no reason (like students) or because they committed some crime 20 years ago and already served the time. If they've already served the time, there's no legitimate 'beef' with them if they are here on a valid residency card. Or deporting them to a country they've never been to.
They just don't want ICE to also deport the random mom of three who's never done a thing wrong except being brought to this country when she was a teenager two decades ago.
Or that. Yes. We need to sort out the status of such persons. Many were brought when they were babies, and know no other country. We shouldn't be punishing them for the actions of their parents. "Sins of the father", so to speak.
I also fully support birth-right citizenship, at least in part because government can't then just deport me because they don't like me. Plus, the whole thing about deporting someone to a country they've never lived in.
