They were arrested because many ICE agents were operating under a quota policy that gave credit for arrests of any undocumented person, not just the target.

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Along these lines, on Monday, Republican members of the Senate's Gang of Eight pushed to augment the period of time that an undocumented person would have to maintain legal permanent residency before applying for citizenship.

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They approach the issue of what to do with the undocumented in the third person, like rich folks who talk about poverty over lunch.

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