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Originally Posted by deftbeta
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/...n5093820.shtml
AP) Roughly 150 children are suing President Barack Obama to halt the deportations of their parents until Congress overhauls U.S. immigration laws.
The children are U.S. citizens and say their constitutional rights are being violated because they, too, probably will have to leave the country if their parents are forced out.
The group is gathering Wednesday in Miami to talk about the case. They originally brought their lawsuit against the Bush administration. It was refiled in January in Miami.
The children's attorneys say the parents came to the United States before 1996 immigration changes made it more difficult for them to become legal residents. They had expected to be allowed to stay.
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Pardon my ignorance, but can someone explain the last sentence? They had expected to be allowed to stay? So everyone that came pre-1996 can stay? ( I am sure this is not the fact, just curious about what they mean by that)