• Gorilladrums@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    While you’re right, there’s still a big difference from legal immigrants who were granted temporary residence and illegal immigrants. The former were allowed into the country for a limited duration of time, but the latter weren’t allowed in the first place.

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      1 day ago

      There’s people that qualified for a process, then that process was suspended/ eligibility is changed etc etc etc.

      “Illegal immigrants” basically all start as legal migrants working through the paperwork.

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        6 hours ago

        I agree with you that the country’s migration system needs an overhaul, over being impatient or dissatisfied with the current system is not an excuse to cross into the country illegally.

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            3 hours ago

            The process gets longer or shorter depending on the administration, but the general immigration rules have been more less the same. The only thing that I can think of that can apply to what you’re saying is the temporary protection program, but that’s a whole different subject.