Actually is there any country that doesn't have such a policy or is this doing something different than I'm missing in this?
France had it fully applied till 2003. In 2003, for the sake of this country, this law has been modified, to prevent an expulsion of the country (which sometimes could even be an interdiction of the territory) for people who arrived in France before 13, for those who spent a long time of their life in France, 10 years I think, for those who have built a family here. Only cases for which the judge don't have to take into account the above criteria being if the crime is about threatening 'high interests of the country' or terrorism. Interestingly enough it happened through Sarkozy Minister of Interior.
A change of the law which I find fully normal. When someone has an other nationality but arrived in the country early in his/her life, mainly knew this country, and/or spent enough time here to have his/her main ties, and/or has a family here, it just doesn't make sense to expel him, except if being harsh against people just because you think it's fine to be harsh only to be harsh makes sense for you. It prevents to pointlessly destroy a person still more, and at worst to destroy a family in the same time. Depends what's your point is when you punish someone, screwing him/her, or just punishing him/her and trying to make him/her better...
I'm still trying to figure out how anybody could be against this....shouldn't this be the default?
Not for me, see above.
I'm still trying to figure out how anybody could be against this....shouldn't this be the default?
I really don't have all that much against the principle...but just imagine what the European press would be doing if the U.S. passed this.
French media didn't give a f**k to what happened in Arizona. Maybe you had a bunch of articles in some papers, but nothing noticeable.
