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I think that immigration enforcement should be prioritizing violent criminals, including gangs (as it was under the previous administration).  I don't know any liberals IRL who don't.   I also think that we should listen to police officials who are telling us that heavy-handed immigration enforcement hampers efforts to fight violent crime, by driving victims and witnesses underground.  I think we need to be smart and strategic, and deporting people who have been here for 20+ years, and have families and citizen children and deep community ties, or when they show up to the courthouse, or the many other atrocious examples of needless cruelty--it's inhumane, a waste of limited resources, and counterproductive.

Also, the border is hardly open and unsecured, and hasn't been for quite some time.  And most liberals would not want it to be--the people who think we should straight-up have open borders are a minority.  [/quote]

It's misleading to say the prior administration "prioritized violent criminals, including gangs."  The Obama administration obstructed the arrest and deportation of illegal aliens, even known gang members, so "prioritize" is not the right word.  More like "limited to only violent criminals."  And no, that's just insane.

You're also confusing federal immigration enforcement with local police officers, and you're implying that resources are so limited that ICE can only focus on one or the other.  They're capable of handling MS-13 and your run of the mill illegal migrant worker.  As they should.[/quote]

Are they? Because clearly they werent under the Obama administration. I’m a moderate-conservative but think we need to be doubling down on MS-13 and other criminals and less time on showboat raids. Get to the heart of the organization.  See the forest through the trees and focus on things that will make us all safer. My brother is a cop (also a conservative) in another city and is worried about the direction things are going. Immigrant communities are becoming less likely to reports crimes or work with the police. That is certainly counterproductive to taking out gangs.[/quote]

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