All this talk about the law, let’s put it into practice. Forget about the impractical matter of actually deploying resources to seek out illegal immigrants living in houses and apartments across the country.
How are you going to prosecute them? All they have to do is learn 4 simple English words “I plead the 5th” and then shut their mouths and hire a lawyer - and there will be no shortage of pro-bono attorneys lined up to defend them. There is no requirement that they prove their legal status. There is no “your papers please” laws in the US. It will be up to the US Government to prove they do not belong. One case at a time.
For all intents and purposes, deportation on any kind of scale could be an impossibility both practically and legally. A more productive solution needs to be worked out.
And Lurkin, again just read the thread, many people want mass deportations. It’s never going to happen even if the law says they must. So I go back to what I said before: The fact that people are able to enter and stay illegally breeds a sort of disrespect. Not all of course but among many. Get their respect back by requiring an act of contrition, restitution, and a pathway to legitimacy. I am in the minority here, but I truly think that is a winning strategy. Who is hurt the most by illegal immigration? The legal immigrants and the poor seeking work. So perhaps it’s an aside, but there is a reason why majorities (or a large minority at least) of the Black and Hispanic communities are in favor of school choice and in favor of the border wall.
Enforce the laws.
Cut them off from employment and benefits.
They’ll go home.
Deport the ones who don’t.
“Forget about the impractical matter of actually deploying resources to seek out illegal immigrants living in houses and apartments across the country.”
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My gawd, still manufacturing strawmen. Oy. Give it up.