Ugh there is no legal fight!!

@smmartydude I'm not sure specifically which case you're referring to, so it's hard comment on details. If it's the Garcia case, or really any case, it's more complicated than simply choosing to become a citizen.

Using the Garcia case, he came to this country as a 10 year old and so was not part of any initial process toward legalization. He went on to live for 30 years as a reasonably productive citizen, certainly one who had not had trouble with the law. By the time ICE set their sights on him, there were several avenues for visas, relief and naturalization that were no longer available to him given his status.

Garcia could have done more to help himself, but we don't know about his intelligence, education or resources. However, he's an established citizen with a family of his own now. I have to believe there are ways to handle such a case without taking the head of a household and banishing him. If the US government is intent on saving resources, they risk facing a larger drain precisely because the broke up this family.

@Graylight Yes, that is the case I am referring to. He was here for 30 years, you said it yourself. Regardless of intelligence or education, he had ample time to figure out how to become a citizen, and at the very least a wife who is a citizen to help him. If it was a few months, then I could say that he didn't have the time. However, 30 years is way more than enough time....in that time, he has worked, gotten married, had kids....all of that was important enough for him to find the time for, so he should have found the time to become a citizen. I'm sorry....he had the time, he just didn't make the effort.

@smmartydude Yup, the burden is on him, no question about it. But a person's whole family shouldn't have to suffer and be torn apart over stupidity that ended up affecting no one materially. Where does human mercy come in to the equation?

@S2dio57 I know!!!!!