Except those people still don't have legal status until a visa becomes available. Worse still, Trump's ICE is right now arresting such U Visa applicants and seeking to deport them. ICE and USCIS are both part of Dept. of Homeland Security.
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50% of people here without permission are visa overstays.
They knew the terms of the visa, they broke them.
"freedom of movement is an essential human right"
It isn't. Unless you think the people of Israel have a right to enter Palestinian land and set up encampments.
Or do you prefer is some guy in Arizona build a house on an Native American reservation without asking the tribe first?
What is happening is that ICE is trying to meet arrest quotas, and they get the same credit for arresting someone they ask to come into their office as someone absconding, so they're going after the people trying to cooperate.
Removal? Incarceration? Pathway to citizenship?
Our immigration system is convoluted, flawed and slow as molasses....but ignoring it all together shouldn't be rewarded.
What's wrong with deportation, in principle?
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An approved I-192 won't help you if you're subsequently ordered removed.
And I cannot emphasize this enough—examples like these are examples of people who are trying their goddamn best to do it the right way.
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