Ark. Bailiff Who Forgot Inmate Suspended

Consideration at the very least. Being deported is like an extra slap in the face to take home and show off "What is America".

Jim: You're entitled to your opinion for sure, but in this case it would not be fair for her to be deported because of her ordeal, unless she receives compensation. She should at least be financially compensated, IMHO say $2000 a day, like 8K then (not that an American would get such fair treatment!). Moreover, I think our immigration laws need review. If we can catch them at the border or near it or if we can also penalize employers who hire them, then I'll accept that. I'd also welcome more open borders in the sense that they can come across for work programs. That's as long as they're here legally as a result of such programs. We have a lot of problems, but illegal immigration takes a second to justice by far.

An after thought: This also reminds me of some incident in the Philipines where someone accidentally got shot in a military situation. What sounds like a corrupt response, the relative got financial compensation for it. At least the woman didn't die, and we're hearing about it, but what about stuff we don't hear about! Many Mexicans die trying to cross the border, and that's unacceptable!

Jim - just to point out, regarding Affirmative Action: her nationality is irrelevant in this aspect - those jobs you mention are taken by any party affiliated with Affirmative Action: it is the very nature of that beast. I am aware of the damage it does and this story had nothing to do with it.

Moreover it is the job of the press to make public ALL evils done by government (ever read the documents of the Founding Fathers?) The fact that we seem to only want to hear how great our government is shows how far we've come from the days when liberty was the framework for our nation.

Should she be deported? I would imagine so - if she was here illegally. And I disagree *in part* with the idea that she should receive money for her troubles. We tend to think that throwing cash at someone fixes the problem. While she is owed some sort of compensation, I would argue that every person responsible for her detainment and the misfortune after that should be punished for the crime that was committed. Regardless of her nationality, what happened to her was wrong. Period. I don't care if she was German, French, Martian or Mexican. If you locked someone up in a room for four days without food or water, you'd be tried for various crimes.

Why not government officials? What gives them immunity or special dispensation? We are all individually responsible for any action we take that affects others. A title you carry should never be a license to avoid that responsibility.

Maybe Mexico should prosecute...let Barney Fife learn a little about law enforcement.

Why would Mexico prosecute? and Who?

Of course, they couldn't, but it does seem that the United States and it's authority figures should be held accountable. Deporting this lady because she'd not licensed like a dog is ensuring that she has little recourse in suing the state herself. This truly does not help our international relations with our neighbors to the south. If we keep this up, they'll hate us as much as Iran does.

she's being deported because she's a criminal invader.

Criminal invader? Does that make someone accusing her of it a criminal evil doer because of his or her libel? Jeesh! I remember somewhere Nixon discussed "criminal libel." You can say anything, but that doesn't make it so!

vincent,

no libel involved, she's a criminal because she broke the law, she's an invader because I refuse to call what the mexicans are doing immigration. When over 11% of a countries pop. is in the country illegally that is, in fact, an invasion.