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In reply to the discussion: Should illegal immigrants ever be separated from their US citizen children? [View all]Cleita
(75,480 posts)find immigration records that admit they deport people according to the color of their skin, yet my observation, when living in a city that had immigrants from every part of the world, and we rubbed elbows with them everyday, whether in the workplace, socially or in the neighborhood, the white illegals were never in danger of being deported unless they got into trouble with the law. The Central Americans, however, lived in fear daily of being deported. I know because I worked in restaurants a lot, which hired these people. I was actually hired because I'm bilingual English/Spanish and was able to be a liaison, communicating between management and those employees. So I got to know their stories pretty well.
The only time I ever saw white, European immigrants deported was a group of Australians, who got in a bar fight, and the manager called the immigration. They were all back within a month. Yes, it's all anecdotal, but since no one likes to document these observations they will have to remain so.