The US has always had a policy of giving people, who would be endangered by sending them back to their country of origin, sanctuary. That is an established policy that has been in effect for a long time.
There is no claim that the citizens of Mexico would be endangered by them returning to Mexico.
Originally Posted by Laz
You're right, it's not a matter of sanctuary. We seem to always err on the side of leniency with illegal aliens, as if we can afford to always absorb the monetary loss connected with taking in third world illegals. Maybe we could in the past; we can't anymore.
This country seems to have some sort of delusional idea that we can't go broke. People think the poem on the Statue of Liberty that says "give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses" is the law of the land; it isn't, it's just a poem. We need to tell the huddled masses to stay home and the ones who came here illegally need to be deported. We're broke. At the rate we're going, we're all going to be huddled masses pretty soon.