Setting aside your opinion on the transitive property of criminality, refugees probably do have some sorts of probationary legal status.. until they become citizens.  It is apparently possible to be denaturalized[0], but it&#x27;s not taken lightly.<p>I guess you could argue for a new half-citizen class for refugees, or that refugees shouldn&#x27;t be granted citizenship, but those would be too late to affect how this family has a legal right to be treated.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_denaturalized_former_citizens_of_the_United_States" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_denaturalized_former_c...</a>