The man's lawyer says he has a family and no criminal history, but he's now listed at the Karnes County Immigration Processing Center, about 50 miles southeast of San Antonio.
Yes. But, again, I think it’s important to make the distinction. Overstaying a valid visa is like the bottom tier of migrant “crimes” we should give a shit about.
This person had two options: get kicked out when the visa expired, or, overstay the visa and get kicked out if/when caught.
Why is the default position assuming this person is a menace enough to spend resources seeking out and removing? The studies I’ve seen say immigrants use fewer resources and provide more, but this narrative gets spread around that they’re just a bunch of leeches that deserve to be punished at great expense.
That’s not justice. That’s blindly following a law because you don’t know how to think or empathize.
That’s not at all what they’re saying. I don’t know how so many people didn’t get this, but what they’re saying is, “Technically, he did break the law, but only at the most bureaucratic level that deserves basically a guy at the DMV shaking their finger sternly at you, and they’ll use this technicality to pump up their figures of how many ‘criminals’ they’ve arrested and send this guy who did nothing wrong to gods’ know where and ruin his life.”
They literally called him a hard-working family man.
No he didn’t. He overstayed his visa. Some might think that’s pedantic, but I believe it’s an important distinction
But overstaying the visa is breaking the law.
Yes. But, again, I think it’s important to make the distinction. Overstaying a valid visa is like the bottom tier of migrant “crimes” we should give a shit about.
This person had two options: get kicked out when the visa expired, or, overstay the visa and get kicked out if/when caught.
We’re not talking about a violent criminal here.
Why is the default position assuming this person is a menace enough to spend resources seeking out and removing? The studies I’ve seen say immigrants use fewer resources and provide more, but this narrative gets spread around that they’re just a bunch of leeches that deserve to be punished at great expense.
That’s not justice. That’s blindly following a law because you don’t know how to think or empathize.
That’s not at all what they’re saying. I don’t know how so many people didn’t get this, but what they’re saying is, “Technically, he did break the law, but only at the most bureaucratic level that deserves basically a guy at the DMV shaking their finger sternly at you, and they’ll use this technicality to pump up their figures of how many ‘criminals’ they’ve arrested and send this guy who did nothing wrong to gods’ know where and ruin his life.”
They literally called him a hard-working family man.
On the same level as speeding. I assume you don’t want everyone who gets caught speeding arrested.