So we have a person who has been flouting American immigration laws for two decades, apparently never even attempting to rectify the situation. She then flouted motor vehicle laws by operating a car without a license, putting others in danger. That, too, had likely been taking place for decades with no attempt to rectify the situation. For context, California lets illegal immigrants obtain driver's licenses, and what do you think the chances are that she bothered to have insurance?

This "undocumented grandmother" then drove onto a military base, one of the few places in the country where federal authorities have the legal right to demand identification at any time. When she couldn't provide any, because again, she had been flouting the law for two decades, she was detained and turned over to ICE.

Now, that sounds just a little bit different than "undocumented grandma facing deportation for wrong turn," doesn't it?

Look, I understand the argument that illegal immigrants without expanded criminal records (past crossing the border illegally) probably shouldn't be prioritized for deportation. In this case, this grandmother appears to have had a job as a dishwasher, so as illegal immigrants go, she was at least productive, which is more than I can say for a lot of those who were released during the Biden administration. But, we also have to consider that flouting the law in such an in-your-face way, specifically regarding driving without any identification, needs to carry consequences.

Ask yourself, what aspects of the law are citizens made immune to if they continue to break various parts of it for decades on end? //

sb2
26 minutes ago
No, the media did not make any mistakes about the "Maryland dad", just as they didn't make any mistakes here. They are "reporting" precisely as they want to report - misleading (lying both blatantly and by omission) to sway public opinion before the facts are known by the general public so they already have the idea in their head. Make no mistake, if the media has this much of the story to tell in the first place, they know the details. //

BJW,lagos
17 minutes ago
Wrong turn? Remember several years ago the Military (?) guy heading toward Mexico who made a wrong turn to NOT GO INTO MEXICO? HOW much time was he held in a Mexico jail until he was finally freed? Asking for a friend.