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Opinion polls are around 60-70% supporting enforcement of immigration laws.

That’s means a quarter to a third don’t believe they should be enforced. I’d call that significant.

And the US “disregard for human rights”? You mean the right to contest your deportations multiple times? That’s far more than other countries provide. It’s more typical for an officer to not find proof of legal entry being the sole decision maker. You’ll be on a plane the same day leaving the country.

There are people in the US who have been here for years awaiting a decision on their case. You feel that’s an abuse of their human rights?



People are literally being deported despite having a court order ordering that they not be deported.

People are being searched without a reasonable suspicion they are in the country illegally.

Both of those things are illegal under US law. What other countries do is not relevant since US law does not apply there.


These clearly aren’t happening on a broad scale, and exceptions don’t disprove the rule.

Aliens in the US get far more due process than most countries give. That’s the measure.


That is not the measure. The US must follow its own laws; not those of other countries.



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