#1 - if they’re here illegally, they aren’t ‘immigrants’ - they’re criminals.
#2 - if they feel ‘fearful’ over the prospect of being exmigrated (if it’s not a word yet, it should be), they should be. If they weren’t criminals, they wouldn’t be scared of the cops.
I appreciate that these people (and, yes, there are lots and lots of them) who have been here for a long time have ties to the community, support families, etc. And if they get relocated back to their former home countries, they’ll have to start all over again. I get that.
What I will not accept is that we should let them stay, just because it will be unpleasant for them if we tear them away from what they’ve built here.
It is time for them to go.
“#1 - if they’re here illegally, they aren’t ‘immigrants’ - they’re criminals.”
You are exactly right. The original definition of an “immigrant” was a foreigner who entered the country legally; one who has a Green card and classified, “Permanent Resident.” The media and political class have bastardized the word “immigrant,” and the right thinking public must change it back to the original meaning.
This is a bed they CHOSE to sleep in knowing full well their families would be at risk when they got here illegally. And where’s their outcry when the Mexican Flag goes up in our country????? Crickets!