>>509122740This is why we have laws and follow them, for the record. You are a random person with a random opinion and random justifications. It "sounds about right" that some arbitrary adjustment to the AAAAAA DEPORT EM ALL!!!! sentiment you -- let's be real for a second -- probably joyfully post in other contexts should be employed based on your gut feeling from learning that Donald Trump's family should also be ostensibly impacted by the immigration "reform" you champion.
This should make you aware of how human and flexible you are with your values and positions. You're not making that exception based on a reasoned analysis but based on a momentary shoehorning of an exception you'll probably forget about within the hour. Even if you remember, let's again be real here: for anyone other than Donald Trump, you're probably not gonna speak up or care about it.
You, the average American, are an unreliable actor when it comes to policy. I am, too. We all are. If we weren't, we wouldn't need laws because we would all evaluate every circumstance faithfully at all times.
How about instead of pretending we can carve out exceptions arbitrarily, we agree that we follow the law as written? If Trump's kids are citizens, they are citizens not because of some made-up patrilineal citizenship clause but because of existing rules surrounding birthright citizenship. If Melania isn't up for deportation or denaturalization, she's safe because of laws everyone else should be protected under as well -- they're the law.