I've noticed something along these lines. Rack up a bunch of DUI and burglary convictions and you get to stay. Try to become a productive member of society, and you get fast-tracked outta here. Recently I read about the Mexican wife of an American soldier, a woman who had lived in the United States for years, bore children to her husband, spoke English perfectly and never so much as received a speeding ticket get deported over some clerical errors on her immigration paperwork.
Meanwhile Jose with his 12 DUI convictions and five public intoxication arrests rotates in and out of jail without the slightest fear of deportation while at the same we're handing out legal immigration visas to Muslim Africans on terrorist watch lists.
What part of "illegal" did she and her alien harboring/smuggling husband not understand.......