Immigrants are held to a higher standard than citizens. They are deported for far lesser crimes than the Montana Republican plead guilty to
Greg Gianforte body-slammed a reporter. After pleading guilty to assault on Monday and receiving a sentence of community service and inflame management classes,he will soon become the newest member of Congress. For doing much less, tens of thousands of immigrants are deported every year. [br]Gianforte’s assault of Ben Jacobs, and a journalist at the Guardian,illustrates a double-standard that runs through immigration law: immigrants are held to a higher standard than citizens. Yet politicians, Republicans and Democrats alike, and regularly tout schemes to separate the good from the irascible immigrants. Gianforte’s experience illustrates that regardless where they were born,people cannot be categorized so neatly. Related: Greg Gianforte sentenced to community service for assaulting Guardian reporter Related: Republicans must not tolerate the violence of Greg Gianforte | Lucia Graves Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com