Imagine there’s no Heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one

‘Families are being torn apart’ (by deportation) is given as a reason why CIR is needed. First, this is a false argument because it ignores the possibility of the deportee taking his family with him. But aside from that, what is referred to as ‘families torn apart’ would still be the case after CIR for future illegal aliens with families. Thus, to prevent post-CIR ‘tearing apart’ of families by deportation would require a permanent anti-deporation policy for anyone who has a family member in the U.S. who is not subject to deportation. For example, the policy of the U.S. would be that a person who enters the country illegally (and is subject to deportation) can formally (and immediately) make himself not subject to deportation by simply becoming the father or mother of a child born on U.S. soil. In effect, these people would not be subject to immigration law and would be legally exempted. Is that an incentive you want? Is that sound policy?