Adults here now who were brought here as underage kids and grew up here then graduating from high school here maybe in college are not going anywhere.
There is no argument that can be won to claim they are criminals.
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From the day they turned 18 they were now adults and if still here they have been criminals ever since...
Illegal entry is a crime...
to stay here as an adult knowing that they entered illegally regardless of their age at the time...
is a crime...
Let’s be really realistic...
any illegal alien 18 and above is a criminal...
Right now those who apply are temporarily legal under that EO.
No one will win a national election by criminalizing others ‘for who they are’ rather than ‘what they did’.
The idea that a 6 year old brought here by parents is a criminal deserving punishment dosent even pass the smell test.
That is like the Muslims sentencing a woman lashses with a whip for fornication because she was raped.
In fact who in congress is saying that now?
You ever hear one Republican (since the election) specifically refer to adults brought here say at 6 years as criminals for being here (and getting a public education per court ruling)deserving punishment ? You wont.
A less suicidal argument is to let those specific victims stay without the vote or government poverty benefits , by extending their current legal stay.