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March 13, 2006
 
 

Illegal Aliens Protest Deportations, Demand Amnesty


"Immigrant advocates say thousands of families [with one illegal alien parent] have been split by deportations, bans and stepped-up enforcement of immigration laws. While Congress is more focused on border security and getting tough with illegal immigrants, the families are pleading for understanding of their plights [read: amnesty] . . . Critics of lenient immigration policies say that, rather than sympathy, the U.S. ought to send the families a stern message by keeping out more illegal immigrants so the situations don't occur so often. 'I don't mean to be insensitive, but at some point you have to draw the line or the law becomes meaningless,' said Daniel Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform. 'Why doesn't [Mexico] consider granting citizenship to the spouse to go there? Why is it always our obligation?'"

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