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[–] 25 points 2 years ago (15 children)

I'm curious how deporting a legal citizen even works. Is there an exception for minors?

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    From the article, the family was driving from Rio Grande (in Texas) to Houston (also Texas) for her treatment, going through an immigration checkpoint, as they have done in the past but this time the entire family was detained and deported on the spot.

    Generally people with family who have citizenship and noncriminals are all exceptions, they used to be called undocumented instead of illegals because even undocumented workers pay taxes in the USA. Not anymore, now anybody and everybody is at risk of deportation. They're even discussing removal of citizenship from whoever they like, as they attempted in Trump's last term.

    It is worth noting that because of this policy the ICE is actually less effective at catching actual criminals.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (11 children)

    They deported the parents. Would you leave a sick children under the custody of a state who thinks you're sub-human due to your skin color? They had no choice but to bring the kid back with them to Mexico.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    why did they deport a family traveling for medical care? they weren't sneaking across the border.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Remember that whole "Constitution-free zone" thing the ACLU has been harping on about for a decade or so now? The shit happening right now is why we should've heeded the ACLU's warnings.

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