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19-year-old Ximena Arias-Cristobal came to the United States when she was a toddler

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[–] Rom@hexbear.net 39 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

That sucks but does anyone in the US expect to be able to live in another country for decades without a visa or citizenship?

So just give her citizenship? She's been in the country since she's a toddler, literally what is stopping them from offering her citizenship? Nations are made up, borders are imaginary.

I'm not for draconian immigration policies and randomly deporting people

Yes you are. You think it's okay to deport someone for a minor traffic violation.

[–] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 8 points 15 hours ago

Ackshually it's okay because us-foreign-policy smuglord