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Re:My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant by haberman on Thursday June 23, 2011 @02:24AM (#2686897)
> More importantly, we shouldn't restrict our policy decisions based on avoiding making people upset.

I think that's a fair point. A more important argument is that making the system too lenient towards people who have come here illegally creates the wrong incentives.

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Re:My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant by InclinedPlane on Thursday June 23, 2011 @04:51PM (#2689822)
Perhaps. But that also shouldn't stop us from making the system better and more sane. Today the system is ridiculous and laden with vestiges of waves of anti-immigrant sentiment in the past. It needs to become sane, and if that means cutting a few corners then I think that's better than continuing to perpetuate injustice and ridiculous laws that don't uphold the ideals of our country.
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