"Now that the Senate has reached an agreement on immigration reforms, the plight of 31-year-old Myrna Dick could also become part of the contentious debate under way in Washington, her lawyers say."
Seems like the government could have come up with a better case to prosecute than this one, unless of course, they were hoping to use this case as a rallying call for liberal immigration reform. And that is why I think they really brought this case. There are millions of illegal immigrants who are better cases for deportation than this one, and they do nothing.
DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING ! We have a winner!
BTW, this is related to the way bureaucrats assign the lowest budget priority to the items that will generate the most complaints if cut. That way, it will be impossible to cut anything.