OMG Republicans are SO bad to Illegal Immigrants.... Uhm.. Well then why did a Democratic Administration deport a record

[JoeH]

cbelt3 wrote:
facetious. Keep in mind that "ALL" Illegal Immigrants are technically criminals, since it's a crime to enter the country illegally.

Doubly facetious on your part, "technically" criminal does not equate to having been found guilty in a court. Also ignores the level of the offense, it is like you are comparing someone with a traffic ticket to a person guilty of assault or murder.

[rjmacs]

JoeH wrote:
[quote=cbelt3]
facetious. Keep in mind that "ALL" Illegal Immigrants are technically criminals, since it's a crime to enter the country illegally.

Doubly facetious on your part, "technically" criminal does not equate to having been found guilty in a court. Also ignores the level of the offense, it is like you are comparing someone with a traffic ticket to a person guilty of assault or murder.
Also risky to start overgeneralizing here. It's a crime to cross the border without authorization, for example, but it's not a crime to overstay a travel or student visa... Being in the country without papers is not a criminal offense; it's a civil violation. It's illegal either way, but only crimes get you automatically deported. Generally, to be found guilty of the crime of entering the country illegally, you have to be caught in the act. If we really want to get into the vagaries of the law, i can do that, but the U.S. has all sorts of clever ways of making it simple to deport people while avoiding courts.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Wait a second, Michele Bachmann said Obama was a failure on immigration.

[OWC Jamie]

He is.
So is Congress.


Our immigration laws and programs ned updating to allow for co-existence with Homeland Security and modern day accounting. No one likes all this ID crap, but a planet of 7 billion, too many fut-nucks and computer technology it is a necessity.

[Black]

billb wrote:
He is.
So is Congress.


Our immigration laws and programs ned updating to allow for co-existence with Homeland Security and modern day accounting. No one likes all this ID crap, but a planet of 7 billion, too many fut-nucks and computer technology it is a necessity.

What would you consider a success?
(Grace said it was OK for me to ask you directly.)

[RgrF]

As to the original OP, maybe this administration actually did what the law demanded and refused to look the other way. What sort of enforcement would you prefer?