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Originally Posted by shmike
I can get behind that logic.
The flip side to that coin though is that if it happened, you'd have certain people screaming that a "legal citizen has been deported!" or "What right does the government have to decide if the child must stay with his parents" and then you get back to the GTFO vs ward of the state argument.  |
There is always someone screaming about something.
There are reasons why an illegal immigrant should be able to remain in the US. Things like war in the home country or the value of the individual is judged to be desirable (professional of some sort with wicked ninja math skills).
Here is the blanket statement for those who would scream.
"A child should not be seperated from its mother and the mother is welcome to follow the normal process to enter the country legally."
Since the actual process to enter the country, get the green card and all the require paperwork is normally an onerous PIA I'm ok with the parents of american citizens getting a fast track process. (for anyone who likes to pull the "My great great grandpappy came here legally back in 1856!! I bet you if he had to follow the same process as they do today he would probably sneak in too)