Leonhardt writes: "Immigration hard-liners have the benefit of being able to make a very clear case: The United States should enforce its laws."
Dozens of immigration advocates and supporters attend a rally outside of Trump Tower along Fifth Avenue on August 15, 2017, in New York City. (photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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mmigration hard-liners have the benefit of being able to make a very clear case: The United States should enforce its laws.
“If this was any other subject, if this was tax evasion and we said, well, they only really violated a little bit of — they only cheated on their taxes a little, you wouldn’t be saying hey, should they really be going to be prison or should they be getting a fine?” as Sean Spicer argued from the White House lectern, when he was still press secretary.
“At some point, laws are laws,” Spicer said. “And if people have a problem with the law, whether it’s at the local, state or federal issue, then we should petition our lawmakers and the executive at that particular branch of government and change it.”
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