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Originally Posted by Pierre
They may be here legally, but they have no right to stay.
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I think they do, if they've come here legally and fulfilled the requirements. To retrospectively remove that from
everyone is a very radical policy. It goes beyond anything we've seen in Western countries, including Trump, who isn't going after Green card holders.
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If they are foreign nationals that are on benefits, why do we want them here? When we have people that have served their country on the streets.
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Well, it depends on the benefits and why, doesn't it? If someone has worked a decent amount of time and is in receipt of child benefit, or they've earned their state pension and paid NI contributions, then why not?
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If you're not a british citizen and you've come here for work.....when the work stops then you go back. You shouldn't be allowed to collect benefits.
If you've married and/or had a family and made your life here, then become a british citizen.
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This is a requirement that most countries don't ask of residents. It's why we have ILR, Green Cards and Visas. It also costs something like £2,000 to become a citizen.
The other thing here is the consequences to our relations with other countries when we embark on one of the most aggressive deportation policies that we can remember, including sending millions of EU citizens back to Europe.
This is all boiling frog in water stuff. We've gone from we have to stop the boats to the mass deportation of millions of legally here citizens, with the only exception being if they're currently working and earning more than £38,000. The BNP didn't go this far back in the early 2000s. I can't think of a recent democratic country that's gone this far.
The only saving grace is that it's completely unworkable.