On the one hand, Koreans and other Orientals do make good immigrants so maybe they should cut them some slack. Also, why is Homeland Security interested in these people rather than the INS? Shouldn't they be looking for potential terrorists?
On the other hand, the law is the law. Is it fair to toss out Mexicans and leave Koreans? We have to draw a line and stick to it.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
INS doesn't exist anymore. The agency was split up into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE, criminal investigators) and Customs & Border Protection (CBP, inspectors) as part of the Department of Homeland Security.
The article doesn't say it, but I'm sure that they were ICE agents doing the raid.
I'm equally sure that these two did *something* to attract ICE's attention. What were they involved in when they left South Korea?
Homeland security is going after them because of the Korean connection. If it was the INS they wouldn't do anything just like all the illegals that are already here that they can't touch.
Respectfully, the LAWS are the LAWS. As the immigration laws have become increasingly complex, they have become increasingly silly, insensitive and potentially abusive.
As thousands upon thousands troop across our border while "Homeland Security" beats on this good Christian family's door the respect for law swirls around the drain.
JMO