You are not eligible for a greencard (and by extension, immigration hearing) if you have entered illegally.
The feds (ICE) do really like getting deportees at courthouses, especially criminal trials, because they are already handcuffed when going into or leaving the courtroom so they can just literally give the court officers the paperwork and take the deportee.
If these people are such valuable contributors, why do you insist on deprieving their home country of them?
Depriving? They are human beings making choices. Who am I to judge them?
And yes, ICE is apprehending green card holders, people with valid work visas, citizens even (see the raid on the Chicago apartment building).
Your willingness to believe the government is going to use this power responsibly is naive at best.
So, as I customarily offer these days... may the actions you are so supportive of be visited on you and yours. Please tell me how much you like it then.
The feds (ICE) do really like getting deportees at courthouses, especially criminal trials, because they are already handcuffed when going into or leaving the courtroom so they can just literally give the court officers the paperwork and take the deportee.
If these people are such valuable contributors, why do you insist on deprieving their home country of them?