The Obama administration has issued numerous orders essentially suspending deportations, prompting a major spike in illegal crossings.
Spring and summer 1942 was probably the worst period of internal terror in Slovakia. It was also the time of mass deportation of Slovak Jews to the extermination camps in Poland.
Remember the Dreamers whose patriotism was praised when the Democratic House passed, and the Senate filibustered - the DREAM Act in 2010? Washington promised a path to citizenship, not just a roadblock to deportation.
For some the most terrible aspect of it was the deportations, while for others it was the leveling bombings or the mass deaths by starvation and cold.
Our view of the law is that it - if somebody is here without sufficient documentation, that is not reason for deportation.
The word nobody wants to use, but you see if you are here illegally, that's the punishment, deportation.