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Originally Posted by crockett
Would you be ok with your wife or mother being deported if you suddenly found out they really weren't born here and came from another country illegally? Imagine all their lives they lived as normal US citizens never causing problems but then you find out they weren't born here. Would you be ok with deporting your own? Would you take such a hard-line stance on your own family? on your best friend's wife? your brother or sister's significant other?
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I would never find myself in such circumstances. If my wife or mother was in the country illegally, I would have them apply for citizenship or move them back home and then have them apply.
My wife's family has a lot of immigration issues. My wife's family on her mother's side is from Lebanon, and a number of them have become US citizens. My brother in law's wife is from Cuba - His wife, her two sons, and her sister have all become US citizens. Would I report them if I discovered any of them were here illegally? No. That's none of my business. But if I knew they were here illegally I surely wouldn't be helping them.
Bladewire said that US citizenship is "a matter of paperwork". It's a bit more complicated than that. But this woman needs to move back to Mexico, file her paperwork, and do things legally. It's going to be an uphill battle for her because she lived in the US illegally, but that's on her.