"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
>>>>>My point is people aren’t deported for jaywalking offenses but for crimes that earn real jail time, like drug dealing, armed robbery, rape and murder.<<<<<<<
You’re clearly not reading what I posted above, so I’ll say it again.
1) Felons like KK should be deported no matter what their status. IMO they should even be stripped of it if they have naturalized citizenship, then deported back to their home country.
...but....
2) Many of the 189 “felons” deported in this program had nothing more serious than urination in public or possession of marijuana on their record, or some other youthful indiscretion. I don’t mean armed robbery like KK or anything truly serious.
3) I am NOT defending this sloppy piece by the NYT, or cheering for a guy who’s teaching Phnom Penh street kids this trashy street dancing from the ‘hood. Now THAT is sad and pathetic (for the poor kids).
4) The poverty in Phnom Penh and the immense number of abandoned street kids is mind-boggling, and nothing like it exists anywhere in America. Doing *anything* to help them is better than doing nothing. Do you know what happened to Cambodia?
Bottom line is that the story is misinformed, and it’s easy to go overboard based on the way its written and what it misses (by the way, there are people right there in Phnom Penh who should have been in interviewed but weren’t).