Teen immigrant faces deportation for selling pot brownies to buy fancy prom dress

[Peikko 1,575]

We can probably agree that what should happen and what will happen often seem disconnected.

Yes, that's true. I think a lot of people feel that when someone gets into a mess, as this girl has done, anything less than deportation is seen as a reward for her bad behaviour. That is one way to look at it.

[Pooky 3,786]

I know that's why most of the people who get overly irate about these issues, that's exactly why, you do not see the person you see what you believe that person represents. She doesn't represent anyone but herself. A silly, foolish teenager who made a bad decision. She may or may not be deported as a result of it. I personally would prefer it if she was not and had a chance to turn her life around in the country she calls her home. I expect she will not be deported but we will see.

I'm overly irate, am I? I'd like to think I respect the law of the land, actually.

I'd also like to think that this Administration, the one before it and the ones before them, as well as the Washington machine, respected the laws of the land, too. But they don't. And neither did this girl.

[Peikko 1,575]

I'm overly irate, am I? I'd like to think I respect the law of the land, actually.

I'd also like to think that this Administration, the one before it and the ones before them, as well as the Washington machine, respected the laws of the land, too. But they don't. And neither did this girl.

You personally? I don't know, it just seems very strange to me that for you this girl represents so much. Sure, there are issues with undocumented immigrants, I don't dispute that, but that should not influence the treatment of individuals. She did what she did, it was stupid, she may or may not get deported, I doubt she will but if she is, I personally do not think she deserves that particular sentence. She was five when she was brought to the US, this is all she knows.

[Boiler 45,535]

She was five when she was brought to the US, this is all she knows.

Her Parents must have been older than she is now.

Mexico was all they knew.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

You have to love how inhumane Americans can be. A normal U.S. citizen is a person. Any other person that is not a USC is considered a "thing."

Right here on VJ of all places!! The funny thing is, so many people are on here filing waivers for their loved ones who messed up one time so they can come to the U.S. But no body wants to understand this girl when she just messed up 1 time. Unbelievable. I wonder what it would be like if the 601 waiver for inadmissibility officers thought like this. Then everyone would be screaming bloody murder. But because this girl has no connection to anyone at all they feel it is okay to treat her like a piece of trash that can be thrown to the street.

What if she has no family in Mexico at all? She can very well end up in someone's trash can there waiting for her body to be dumped.

[Boiler 45,535]

Drug Dealers will not qualify for a Waiver.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Drug Dealers will not qualify for a Waiver.

Heartless

[Merrytooth 5,748]

So? Many countries have even harsh penalties (death penalty) for drug dealers

[Janelle2002 3,865]

So? Many countries have even harsh penalties (death penalty) for drug dealers

We are not talking about other countries, we are talking about the U.S. Other countries will kill you because of your sexual preference, does it make it right? We are talking about the U.S., a country that is a so called Global hegemonic leader and we still have heathen laws. We still let money buy what is wrong while we ignore what is right if it doesn't have a big enough price.

[Merrytooth 5,748]

I'm the immigrant here, I know I have to respect and obey the laws here, whether I like it or not.

So why should others think otherwise and expect a free pass when committed crime.

Why have laws if we don't enforce them.

And "We still let money buy what is wrong while we ignore what is right if it doesn't have a big enough price." ----> This happens around the world too, not exclusively to US only

Edited April 15, 2014 by Merrytooth

[Janelle2002 3,865]

I'm the immigrant here, I know I have to respect and obey the laws here, whether I like it or not.

So why should others think otherwise and expect a free pass when committed crime.

Why have laws when if we don't enforce them.

And "We still let money buy what is wrong while we ignore what is right if it doesn't have a big enough price." ----> This happens around the world too, not exclusively to US only

Yes, but every other country isn't the U.S. always poking it's head in someone else's business telling them how to act when we don't know how to act ourselves. Hypocrites are what we are.

[Protocol417 161]

Right here on VJ of all places!!

This has bothered me for a long time. Even as the USC, my own experiences with the US immigration process (as easy as we've had it) have made me much more sympathetic towards the immigrant community, especially those coming from poorer countries (it was difficult enough to get through this process with steady internet access, a sufficient bank account balance, and a full grasp of the native language). I expected this from other people here as well but it seems to me the attitude is "well, if I haven't had it easy, nobody should!" I mean, when I'm in another country I do my damnedest to follow their rules to the T and not stick out either, but that doesn't mean I lose all compassion when dealing with "foreigners" back home.

I know people who got busted selling weed in high school. No one ever went crazy about it. There was no "think of the children!" reaction, no one ever brought up product quality control or branded them "drug dealer" as if they were hardened criminals, and they never faced anywhere near the punishment this girl might possibly face. In fact, most people just laughed about it.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

This has bothered me for a long time. Even as the USC, my own experiences with the US immigration process (as easy as we've had it) have made me much more sympathetic towards the immigrant community, especially those coming from poorer countries (it was difficult enough to get through this process with steady internet access, a sufficient bank account balance, and a full grasp of the native language). I expected this from other people here as well but it seems to me the attitude is "well, if I haven't had it easy, nobody should!" I mean, when I'm in another country I do my damnedest to follow their rules to the T and not stick out either, but that doesn't mean I lose all compassion when dealing with "foreigners" back home.

I know people who got busted selling weed in high school. No one ever went crazy about it. There was no "think of the children!" reaction, no one ever brought up product quality control or branded them "drug dealer" as if they were hardened criminals, and they never faced anywhere near the punishment this girl might possibly face. In fact, most people just laughed about it.

Yeah but furriners and Murca and all. Oh whatever. Murca!

[UncleBeer 244]

Drug Dealers will not qualify for a Waiver.

Don't underestimate what the current regime is willing to do to undermine existing laws and their enforcement.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Somehow the child who was poisoned -- yes poisoned -- by this girl's actions to the point that a hospital visit was necessary is being ignored. Look, I am a card-carrying, paid-up, full-on pinko red-diaper baby and child of the union. My father's parents were brought over the southern border over a century ago when there were no border controls, so I am, I suppose, the descendant of undocumented aliens. I am of the hug-a-Messican order, keep 'em here if they're abiding laws and paying taxes. I don't talk about it very much because I have some divergent views that people on both sides of the divide don't dig on -- I don't think undocumented aliens should ever get citizenship but should be eligible for long-term residency permits that aren't full PR status, and I think they should all pay income-proportionate fines. Still, this young woman was convicted of a felony and poisoned a child so she could indulge her fancy of having a lovely prom dress. I wanted one as well but I couldn't afford one, so I borrowed one from my sister-in-law that was five years out of date. I made do, as I was taught, as I'm sure most of us were taught. Is the frippery of one night worth all this? Really?

My librul brethren, come at me bro.

Edit: a missing comma was added for clarity.

Edited April 15, 2014 by the maven