I like how the pro-illegal groups pull out the 'tear jerker' stories to justify the crimes of illegal criminals.
and that's exactly why it makes no sense to deport her, to give the amnesty proponents a case to use as a rallying point for sympathy.
Yep. It's called the "compassion trap", and it's used to rationalize everything from late term abortion to securing the "rights" enemy combatant terrorists captured in Afghanistan.