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[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Deport Melania, and the anchor baby. Oh, I forgot, immigration law doesn't apply to Republicans.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

*rich republicans.

[-] trustnoone@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 week ago

I see what your saying, but I think people don't realise it actually just doesn't apply to the rich. I think a number of Republicans are going to be shocked to find out that without money they or someone close to them will definitely be in the firing line.

[-] LavenderDay3544@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

immigration law doesn't apply to ~~Republicans~~whites.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

I don't understand this. As long as I can remember, marrying a US citizen meant you were safe.

[-] FarFarAway@startrek.website 6 points 1 week ago

Just a few years ago, im pretty sure you had to get married, they had to go out of country and file the residency paperwork, and then wait until they could be issued a permanent residency. If they stay married and lived in the country for at least 3 years (i think they could spend some time away) , they could file to become a citizen. The residency process took about 6 months.

Biden made it so if the spouse was already in the country, and overstayed thier original travelers / residency / student / whatever visa, or just entered the country illegally, they could apply for the permanent residency without having to leave.

The court reverted it back to the old rules.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Okay, thanks for the clarification. I guess I can see the merit in both systems. Like obviously it's more humane to just let them stay, and government bureaucracy rarely works as it should. On the other hand, having a loosey goosey permissive policy seems like it would surely encourage more illegal immigration. But the whole argument against immigration made by the right is so two-faced. They're the ones hiring people without documentation so they can shave operating costs at the cost of human exploitation. I think a better system would be to severely punish employers who hire undocumented workers.

[-] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

U.S. District Court Judge J. Campbell Barker, an appointee of President-elect Donald Trump

[-] Today@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

From what i understand it applies to people who entered illegally - maybe before marriage? Now you're not entitled to a green card unless you leave the country, serve your penance, and reapply.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago

I guess it closes a loophole, but to my understanding, more Mexicans have been leaving the country than arriving over the last decade. Perhaps that has changed since Biden took over.

[-] LavenderDay3544@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago

Nobody said anything about Mexicans. What do Mexicans have to do with this at all?

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Are you asking me what Mexicans have to do with the illegal immigration issue in the United States?

[-] Today@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

They're goading you - trying to get you to call immigrants Mexicans so they can call you racist. Mexican immigrants are the largest group at the southern border, but still well below half of all who enter/attempt to enter there.

[-] LavenderDay3544@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

No. My point was that nobody mentioned Mexicans til he did and the majority of illegal border crossers are South American not Mexican, you royal dunce.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago

Thanks. That's what I suspected.

[-] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 5 points 1 week ago

This is a shit ruling that punishes American citizens as much as immigrants, by preventing them from legalizing their wives and husbands. What are you supposed to do if you fall in love with someone who happens to be undocumented? Fuck you, I guess?

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

The judge is illegal

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 0 points 1 week ago

Why not. Get a jump start on Trumpian anti-immigration policies. Legal, necessary, whatever! Hope people like understaffed places and the inability to hire for the jobs white people don't want to do...

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