It used to be that even people who didn’t want illegal aliens deported would make an exception for criminal illegal aliens, by which I mean illegals who have committed non-immigration offenses.
People might say something like this: “The undocumented aren’t criminals, they just want a better life for themselves. They shouldn’t be deported. Only violent criminals that are a danger to the public should be deported.”
True, there were some extreme activists who were against deporting criminals, but they were a minority. That was not yet the standard Democratic party viewpoint.
But now, another leftist paradigm shift may be in the works. Representative AOC and allies are demanding the Biden administration not to deport criminals. Isn’t that something?
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Blog entry by Allan Wall, published May 19th, 2021, on US Incorporated.
Tags: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Congress, Crime and Immigration, Eleanor Holmes Norton, LA Times, Numbers USA