Will Trump's base be happy with just immigrants with criminal pasts and/or who have committed crimes in this country being deported? Will they be happy with immigrants who have been here 5 years or more, who have jobs and children who are American citizens, staying here?

Okay, but there aren't 20 million dangerous criminals in this country illegally and that's the figure Trump used:

"I am sure that the Trump administration is not going to be targeting those people who have been here for more than five years that have American kids, that don't have criminal records, that have been working in the economy and paying taxes," Florida Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar said in a PBS interview. Her Miami-Dade district is home to about 200,000 undocumented people.

"I am sure that they're going to hone in on the criminals who arrived less than four years ago," she added.

Asked in the interview whether she got those assurances from Trump or someone in his potential administration, Salazar didn't directly answer, but said she is "going to be one of those voices making sure within the GOP to make that distinction."

And Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said in an NBC News interview Wednesday that Trump has "made clear that his priority is to deport dangerous criminals. People that are in this country and are criminals in their home country, or are committing crimes here, they will be the priority for removal from this country."

Could it be these folks were right not to listen to Trump's rhetoric?:

A Latino family who voted for Trump speaks out. Not going to lie"this is tough to watch.

SPOILER ALERT: It was about the economy. Trump's threats of mass deportation didn't matter to them, as they believe it won't affect their undocumented relatives, because they aren't criminals.

Jared Kushner's buddies take over Univision and the Latino vote swings to Trump. Am sure it's a coincidence.

Houston, we have a problem:

"The American people spoke loud and clear ... the goal should be to deport every illegal in this country we can find" -- Senator-elect Jim Banks indicates on CNN he supports going as far as to deport the undocumented parents of children who are American citizens

Robert Reich
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A lot of people wrongly think being married to an American automatically grants citizenship. Unfortunately, it doesn't. This ruling, from a Trump-appointed judge, will rip families apart.

Judge strikes down Biden plan to help undocumented spouses of US citizens

Immigration advocates say ruling could separate families for years, while Mexico vows to continue measures to stop migrants from reaching US border

A federal judge has struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to US citizens.

The program, lauded as one of the biggest presidential actions to help immigrant families in years, allowed undocumented spouses and stepchildren of US citizens to apply for a green card, the right to permanent legal residency, without first having to leave the country.

About half a million foreign-born spouses of US citizens were estimated to have been eligible for the Biden administration's initiative that was announced in June under the banner "Keeping Families Together". Applications opened on 19 August.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I just don't see Trumpers like Robson saying, "Yeah, okay, let them stay.":

Why is this even a point of contention or discussion? 80% of Americans want the border secure and they want illegals deported now. Trump won by a landslide using the vote of every demographic citizen in America. Trump will do his job and make hiring illegals a crime and end all handouts. He will also crush the drug cartels and NGOs that were fed billions of our tax money by Democrats. It won't be difficult to take our country back from illegals and sanctuary cities. This country belongs to every citizen not foreigners.
Posted by Robson at 2024-11-09 07:59