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The whole group is violating the law by overstaying visas or sneaking in the country, etc. Why is all of that OK to just let happen?
However regarding immigration law, the reality is that this law isn’t designed to distinguish between people who are dangerous and people trying to survive. It effectively lumps millions of hardworking people into the same category as violent offenders, without concern for justice or safety.
Trump scapegoats undocumented immigrants as a group and blames them for crime and economic problems. It is cynical manipulation designed to appeal to people who fear crime or have been victims of it.
In fact, it is poverty that causes most crime, and our economic problems are due to the reckless policy choices made by the ultra-wealthy and the politicians they control. Mass deportation does nothing to address the real causes of injustice and insecurity in this country. In fact it serves to distract from the real causes of the problems we are facing.
Attacking a whole group isn’t going to heal your mom. As a victim of injustice why don’t you consider working for justice yourself? Closing your eyes to the reality of what is happening in this country just perpetuates injustice. It spreads the suffering you’ve experienced to others.
I find it hard to understand your position. I can’t help but wonder if it might be some kind of coping mechanism you have built up to deal with the effect your mom’s injury has had on your lives.
Are you suggesting that all legal citizens maintain insurance, don't steal cars and don't flee crime scenes?
He had no license to be on that road, much less in the country. Both are privileges, not rights. The fact of the matter is if he had not been allowed to stay in this country when we was previously arrested, my mom would be OK today.
My family got unlucky, but society could have just not gambled on our lives in the first place? We have immigration laws for a reason, why should we ignore when they are violated?
Because of the way you worded your first paragraph, and the lack of information around timing of the previous issue of domestic violence. The first paragraph was passionately accusatory (rightly so, given your experience), and the second paragraph didn't clear things up.
I simply asked to clarify. Thank you for your response, and I wish you and your mom all the best.
He got in fight in jail and died before he even got close to facing justice.
But ICE showed up without a legal warrant and attempted to subvert the judicial system by whisking him away, and then arrested a judge.
Accused of a crime? Go to court, be found guilt or innocent, and serve your sentence if convicted.
If we don't hold up the rule of law we become a dictatorship.
This is a wild statement for someone to write in defense of people who just broke the law while arresting a federal judge who was herself attempting to enforce the law.