They say it proud: “Only fourteen percent of the deportees committed extra crimes.” Like the other eighty-six percent are saints.
But let’s run the tape:
• Crossed illegally.
• Stayed illegally.
• Worked illegally.
• Used resources illegally.
• Filed taxes under fake names.
• Sent kids to school on our dime.
That’s not “no extra crimes.”
That’s six extra crimes before breakfast.
And now they want a medal?
No.
They want mercy.
Mercy for building a life on stolen ground.
Mercy for treating laws like suggestions.
But here’s the gut punch:
We don’t let citizens do it.
We don’t let the neighbor who cooks meth keep his kids because “he pays PTA dues.”
Rules aren’t optional.
Not even for people who cry the loudest.
– The Grateful Immigrant from St. Paul, Minnesota
February 12, 2026
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