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Originally Posted By u/Elevatedspiral At 2025-08-02 10:27:13 AM | Source


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[–] Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Most people view it as a rule of law thing. If you are here beyond your visa there are rules that say you should be deported. That has been ignored or dodged for a long time and we've built up a large number of illegal aliens that shouldn't be here. If we had enforcement all along it wouldn't be near as much of an issue as it is now.

I also understand that there needs to be actual due process for this and it's being bypassed for the majority of deportations now. It's a massive issue leading to things like those on court ordered deferments being taken illegally like Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

The biggest problem with the graphic is that "no convictions" doesn't mean no crime. Being here illegally is a crime.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Being here illegally is a crime.

Setting aside that legal immigrants and even US citizens are being targeted now, yes but who fucking cares? Being in the US illegally is against the law because the law is fucked up, not because you have a god-given right to tell people not to exist within the same half-continent as you.

[–] Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago

I only say it because you have so many people indicated as not having been convicted of a crime but it is a crime to be here illegally, hence the illegally part. I'm just making the semantics point.