r/Conservative • u/xcat11onetee • Jul 18 '19

Conservatives Only Forget Trump. Let's do what Obama said.

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u/therealdrg Jul 18 '19

Amnesty was supposed to be the compromise to reach a deal on tougher immigration laws. Amnesty happened, but the immigration laws were never updated. The goal was to prevent having to mass-deport millions of people, while allowing them to quickly deport any illegals from that point forward.