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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Nobody is proposing anything like this. Undocumented immigrants should not be permitted to live in this country. It is right that they should be rounded up and deported.
Those who have permission to live here and are not committing criminal offences should be allowed to stay.
What is completely wrong is Labour’s plan to extend the ‘Right to Remain’ requirement by another five years to people who were encouraged to come here in the first place, such as people from Hong Kong. By extending that period, these people are having to find more money to stump up to cover any future NHS treatment, etc for another five years, which will cause financial hardship for many.
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OB to the left of Reform, Tories and even Labour on immigration. Who would have thought it.
But I agree with everything there. Including the extension of the right to remain. At the very least, I think it should have been from now so that those who thought they were a year away from ILR don't suddenly find themselves 6 years away and stuck with more charges (they pay a NHS surcharge btw ,which is £1,000 a year).
At least in that case it's for future applicants. Same with putting conditions on ILR being revoked. I don't like it, but I think it's less morally outrageous if you were to say from now on ILR is revoked if you fail to meet certain terms. Most people would support its removal if you committed a serious crime.
The US Green Card system works fine for this. You get to keep it unless you commit a serious crime or live outside the US for too long (we have this one).
Again, the idea that you can take this away from someone retrospectively because they're in receipt of a pension or no longer earn £38,000 is incredible stuff.