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Originally Posted by RV Life
How is it hyperbole? It's literally what's going on. People born outside the US that are brought here as children are being deported. They didn't commit the crime of coming here illegally. Their parents did.
Imagine ICE shows up at your door right now and informs you that when you were a child, your parents came here illegally from India. You have a college degree, a job, a mortgage, car, wife and 2 kids. Tough **** you dirty foreigner. Get out. You don't speak Hindi? Not my problem. Get out. You haven't been to India in 25 years? Too bad. You don't belong here. Get out. Your wife and kids are crying hysterically because they don't know what's going on? Tough ****. Get out.
You don't see something wrong with this?
OH BUT THE LAW IS THE LAW! SORRY GUYS!
More hyperbole. Great.
And yes, I do see something wrong with that. I would like to believe in that scenario, if the person in question is here for many years and has been a contributing member of society, there should be (and likely is) an apparatus in place for the person to legally apply for citizenship.
I think, though, that the earlier reference was to a 2 year old and I do not agree that a 2 year olds parents, just by virtue of having a child born in the US, should automatically become citizens.
Last edited by lew189; 04-23-2017 at 02:56 PM.