Do you think the citizenship of a non-US born legal immigrant should be revoked if they committ a serious crime? (green card, application)
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Speak for yourself! I don't believe I am. At least not the crimes I would consider horrible. Say becoming a serial killer -- I don't believe I have it in me. I'm too much into work to become an armed robber, killing bank security guards or taking tellers hostage.
Murder isn't the only crime considered "horrible".
Lots of people run red lights. Probably the most common crime in the world. It becomes horrible when you run it, and crash, and kill someone.
I read this wrong at first and thought you meant that we should deport people who simply run red lights. It gave me a good laugh. When I say deport immigrants who committ serious crimes, I dont mean small "overnight in the pokey" crimes, but crimes that will get you some serious time (5+ years). And I DONT mean immigrants who were born here, I mean foreign born immigrants only.
I read this wrong at first and thought you meant that we should deport people who simply run red lights. It gave me a good laugh. When I say deport immigrants who committ serious crimes, I dont mean small "overnight in the pokey" crimes, but crimes that will get you some serious time (5+ years). And I DONT mean immigrants who were born here, I mean foreign born immigrants only.
We were talking about horrible crimes and that anyone is capable of doing them.. not just illegals. Any human being is.
We were talking about horrible crimes and that anyone is capable of doing them.. not just illegals. Any human being is.
But the difference is "capability" and actually doing it. You shouldnt be punished for capability, I misspoke earlier, but should be punished for actually doing it by loosing your citizenship.
But the difference is "capability" and actually doing it. You shouldnt be punished for capability, I misspoke earlier, but should be punished for actually doing it by loosing your citizenship.
You hold up a gun to someone's head, but don't pull the trigger. They were capable of killing them. You're saying they shouldn't be punished. It's called Attempted Murder.
You hold up a gun to someone's head, but don't pull the trigger. They were capable of killing them. You're saying they shouldn't be punished. It's called Attempted Murder.
I dont think this is like that. What about all those gang members. We could get rid of them and send them back where they were born. Yeah, maybe its not fair to countries like Mexico, but they haven't been exactly fair with us over the past about immigration. Also, why do we suddenly care so much about whether a criminals citizenship is revoked? If they committ a serious crime, why shouldn't we send them back to where they were born.
I highly doubt gang members, or anyone who's committed a crime in the US, can get a citizenship here. You do know that there's an intensive background check involved TWICE, right? First when an applicant applies for greencard, second when applicant applies for citizenship. These background checks are done by FBI and they not only check an applicant's domestic crime record but also international.
I highly doubt gang members, or anyone who's committed a crime in the US, can get a citizenship here. You do know that there's an intensive background check involved TWICE, right? First when an applicant applies for greencard, second when applicant applies for citizenship. These background checks are done by FBI and they not only check an applicant's domestic crime record but also international.
First of all, the government does not have time to do that extensive of a check on these people, there are just too many. Also, countries like Mexico never document (or rarely) docuement their crimes. There is a lack of policing there meaning that people can get away with serious crimes easily.....which wont be detected by our screening. The only way to ensure is to monitor their behavior while they are here.
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