When did the pursuit of happiness become a crime?

When politicians make immigration law, do you think they think about the people those laws will affect? Because tearing apart families who come to America in the pursuit of happiness seems pretty un-American to me.

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Rebecca Eisenberg

Sep 7, 2012

When politicians make immigration law, do you think they think about the people those laws will affect? Because tearing apart families who come to America in the pursuit of happiness seems pretty un-American to me.

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