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Can we apply Obama's immigration order logic to other crimes?

Say I robbed a bank over 5 years ago, but I stayed around and spent the money here, having an economic impact. Should I be allowed to stay out of jail(the penalty for breaking the law) because it happened in the past and I had a good economic impact?

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  • Well, if he issued and Executive ORDER deeming it such. But I highly doubt it, since there isn't any sort of issue with you robbing a bank and then contributing to society as a whole.

    Bone up on your constitutional law and then try to argue, junior. Otherwise go to bed. You got school tomorrow.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Including the crimes of every Republican governor in America. They are all under indictment and on trial and yet they were voted back in, That's sounds suspect to me all around.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    So if you were in his shoes are you saying you'd let criminals breaking our other laws go free, while you went after hard working otherwise-law abiding parents? Seriously?

    President Obama has done the same thing as Reagan and Bush I did, you know. Look it up.

    Doesn't anyone learn about government and history anymore?

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    I think your attempt at analogy was a veiled attempt to cover up past misdeeds?

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  • 6 years ago

    In the interest of "fairness", yes.

    After all, liberals claim that this is what Obama's Executive Action is all about.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago
  • 6 years ago

    no

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