Everyone That's Bitching About Spending 5 Big On Wall.....

[Mike M (the other one)]

(12-27-2018, 05:08 AM)Dill Wrote: That is already happening, isn't it?  Legal children are separated from illegal parents.

But it's not clear this works, is it?  Cruel without being effective.

https://www.us-immigration.com/us-immigration-news/us-immigration/children-of-illegal-immigrants-what-happens-to-them/

In many cases, children who are born to undocumented parents are born in the US and have US citizenship by birthright. This means that while the parents can be deported, the children have every right to remain in the US. According to the ARC, 46 000 parents who had US citizen children were deported in the first six months of 2011 alone.

When and Whether Children Born in the U.S. Can Petition for Undocumented Parents
https://www.lawyers.com/legal-info/immigration/general-immigration/children-of-illegal-immigrants-fight-for-parents.html

Although many people assume that having a child in the U.S. (who is automatically a U.S. citizen) allows that parents to obtain lawful immigration status here, that is not the case. U.S. immigration law allows a U.S. citizen to petition for parents only upon turning 21. And in order to get through the financial-sponsorship aspects of the petition process, that child will need to be living in the U.S. and earning a high enough income to support his or her parents as well as any other household members.

An additional barrier arises in cases where the parents have been living unlawfully in the U.S. while waiting for their child to turn 21. They are "inadmissible" based on the length of their unlawful presence, and will likely have to remain outside the U.S. for ten years before applying for a green card with which to return. A waiver of unlawful presence is available in some cases, but will likely require a lawyer's help to obtain.

Where children are separated from the parents, they become in one form or another wards of the U.S. government--a direct cost to taxpayers, who must now care for them rather than wage-earning parents.

5k anchor babies out of how many that are here?
You realize that 290k were born in 17 right? That's like 1%, That's not enough to discourage people from coming. We need to step it up big time.

Hey wait? This was done on Obama's watch??? Separating children from parents??


For part 2, I would not grant ANY ILLEGAL Amnesty ever (this is for life), I would however do a 5 year green card (we have a 2 and a 10 so use 5 to differentiate) where they apply and keep renewing based on no felonies obtained since last renewal. But never give them a path to USC.
I think that is fair, they broke the law coming here so they are not entitled to become a USC, but I won't stop them from working here legally.

I would give them all 2 years to get that 5 year gc, after that, I'm cutting it and no more new applicants allowed. At that point anyone caught that is illegal with out an application for a GC is auto-deported. no playing games, no excuses allowed *poof* gone.