The difference is the Federal government is enforcing laws that were created during a democratic process by the elected representatives of the people. And now people are trying to prevent the enforcement of those laws.
And perhaps that's also because the government changed standards and in some cases, the laws themselves to expand the number and type of people they can remove.
Initially the Bill of Sale for all of this read "We are getting rid of criminals and rapists" and people were "open" to that possibility.
What is currently happenning is nowhere NEAR the bill of sale. Some people who were legally here 1 year ago, had the requirements change and then they suddenly became illegal. Some people have been law abiding, hard working community members (if not legal residents) and they are getting removed.
Republicans could be in a position to show reason and compassion. But they are choosing to NOT do that. You can fall back on the "crutch" of the law, but repulations, and policies have also been changed; even retroactively at times. OR just simply revoking visas.
I mean, how many times have we heard the concept that "just because something is illegal doesn't make it immoral" or "Just because something isn't illegal, doesn't make it right". Essentially, we should not be relying SOLELY on the "law" to determine what is "right and wrong".
And yet it just seems like all these "get the minorities out" folks have completely forgot that ethos and now rely on nothing BUT the law to determine whether something is right or wrong.
This one is just a side bar but boy is it interesting:
