They're not from a Communist country, and so folks tend to assume they're just economic refugees. They don't have the kind of political clout that a lot of other groups have. And frankly, I think the color of their skin has a lot to do with it.
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We've closed over 47,000 cases since we opened our doors in early 1996, and it's never been my understanding that's why a family came here. They come here to escape political persecution, or to make a better life for themselves -- not to have a U.S.-born-citizen child who can apply for the parent to become a citizen 21 years later.Cheryl Little
We think it's imperative they're released. They'd have a much better opportunity to find attorneys. The cards are really stacked against them.
Cheryl Little
We are needlessly putting innocent lives at risk. Our Coast Guard is being put in the untenable position of endangering lives in order to keep people from reaching our shores.
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We're very concerned that many immigrants are being taken advantage of and relying on these documents to their detriment.
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If I were an immigrant without papers, I wouldn't be hanging around down there. It's a place where border patrol is likely to target.
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It's pretty obvious that the intent of the government is to detain more and more people and to expedite their removal.
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