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Add to FavoritesJudges should be able to look at the individual circumstances of all cases. In fact, Judges should be prosecuted if they fail to do so. The unfortunate thing in society, is that most people making laws want one law 'straight across the board'. "One size fits all" takes away the need to discern and apply humane treatment. One size fits all does not work for most things; including surgery, diets, and clothing. Why would it be acceptable pertaining to judgments dealing with an individual's future? Human life is certainly not the place to be exercising this narrow-minded foolishness. Everyone is different. Every person has needs.
I am appalled and sickened at the damage that this boxy thinking has done over the ages. Say an individual may have family "back home" that needs vital support. Perhaps working here is the only way to sustain their loved ones. Perhaps they have no home to return to and would end up on the street with their children. Has anyone who is promoting instant deportation ever lived on the street? NOT. Would it be so bad if we cracked down on criminals who hurt other people, are let back out to do it over and over, and use up our tax dollars being detained? What is so bad about helping people who need help living and providing for their families?
When we start turning our backs on individuality, then we become a Nazi society. If people want a hard-core Nazi regime, then perhaps they should move to Iraq. They don't have an immigration problem at all. Why, think how peaceful it would be to live in a country that did not have an immigration "problem"!
Our ancestors came to this country and seized it-no, STOLE it away from it's rightful owners. the people who maintained this land and owned it. Our ancestors were aliens, and do we have the right to take away human right to freedom from poverty just because we happen to be born into a land that our for fathers criminally stole for themselves?
I think we need to look at every person as an individual human soul. If that is too hard and takes too much thought, then we are thoughtless and no different than animals who greedily guard their territory.
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Should judges have the opportunity to look at the individual circumstances of a case before they detain and deport someone? No, but I do need to clarify that I would make an allowance for a case involving a minor infraction of our law.
If a person is visiting this country legally and they break the law say, jaywalking or something irrelevant like that, it would definitely be harsh to deport them. The severity of the case should be taken into consideration.
Howeve r, any person that is discovered to be in this country illegally should be immediately deported. The circumstances of the pending case are then irrelevant because her or she has already broken the law by their very presence. Any person who is visiting legally and legitimately breaks the law should also be immediately deported.
Just over a week ago my seventeen year old nephew lost a friend of his to an automobile accident. She was just nineteen. The driver of the car that collided with her was an illegal immigrant. The local police knew he was here illegally because he had already been to court, and convicted, twice on misdemeanor driving offenses. The third time, he killed someone.
If a person is willing to break the law to enter this country, why would any one expect them to respect our laws once they are here? Why should criminals get second or third chances? If you steal and get caught, you get arrested. Why is it then if you are here illegally and you get caught you simply get turned back out on the street?
So, my answer on this subject is no. If a person is accused of a ligitimate crime, even if they are here with legal documentation, do not waste our tax dollars on a public defender. Send them straight home.
If the person is here illegally, don't even look at the charges-ship them right back home where they can break the laws in their own country (which I'm sure has much greater repercussions than the leniency this country's legal system is known for).
Americans are afraid to break laws when traveling abroad. Who wants to end up in a foreign prison? We've all heard the horror stories. Even our prisons are better housing than what some people face when returned to their own countries.
It's time we protected our families and took a tougher stand against criminals in general, but especially those that aren't American citizens. We can no longer allow visitors to this country to commit crimes against us on own our own soil. Furthermore, American tax payers should NEVER pay the legal expenses incurred by any non-citizen.
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