Washington Post -- Greg Sargent
Indeed, some anti-”amnesty” advocates forthrightly advocate for this position. They say the threat of deportation dangling over low-level offenders is a good thing, because it discourages illegal immigration and encourages them to get out. As Roy Beck of Numbers USA candidly put it: “Without the threat of deportation, no one will feel they have to leave.”
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