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In this instance (and most others), it is the United States Government that is in violation of the law. The U.S.G. aids and abets the breaking of federal immigration law by setting such precedences and rewards illegal alien immigration by disengaging from enforcement, thus breaking it's own laws.
It's a lose-lose proposition for everyone except the illegal alien.
Thanks to a government now ruled by a duplicitous and anemic legal system that rewards crime and punishes the very people it is designed to protect - the chances of him being back in the United States as we speak are much better than the chance of him having stayed in Mexico.
This is the exact recipe for the extinction of a nation.
A nation has only as much authority as the laws it enforces.
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Main Entry: du·plic·i·ty
Pronunciation: du-'pli-s&-tE also dyu-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ties
Etymology: Middle English duplicite, from Middle French, from Late Latin duplicitat-, duplicitas, from Latin duplex
1 : contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action; especially : the belying of one's true intentions by deceptive words or action
2 : the quality or state of being double or twofold
3 : the technically incorrect use of two or more distinct items (as claims, charges, or defenses) in a single legal action
It's a pretty good story. I expect the slimy consul employees to file it away and use it to spring future detainees. Is it any wonder that the Mexican consulate wants to talk to every illegal detained by ICE?