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Even though the problem of illegal immigration is very serious, what some of these illegal immigrants and their attorneys say is often hilarious.

For Example:

"They treated me like I was a criminal," Cordero said of his prison experience.

That's because you are a criminal, idiot!!! That's what the word "illegal" in illegal immigrant means.

"I can't feel comfortable because I was doing (the immigration process) the right way and they do this to me. I can't trust them."

No, you weren't doing the immigration process the right way, idiot!!! Doing the immigration process the right way doesn't involve paying a "coyote" to sneak you over the border into the United States.

"He never really had any idea that he was in deportation hearings, the papers never got to him," Boyle (Cordero's attorney) said. "He lives here oblivious, thinking he's a normal illegal person, meets his wife in 1998, they have a child."

So Cordero thought he was a normal illegal person. As opposed to what, an abnormal illegal person? Huh? Never heard that one before.

The INS also has a policy against jailing juveniles, so agents contacted an uncle living in Branford and sent him there, officials confirmed this week.

They promised to send Cordero notice of a future deportation proceeding. Cordero, then just 16, was expected to attend the hearing and offer himself for removal.

Back in Connecticut, Cordero never received a notice. His uncle, himself an illegal alien, apparently gave the INS a nonexistent address, most likely to escape detention, Boyle said.

You can't make this stuff up! I hope they are looking for ole Unc' too!

"He's very close with his son; he's the type of husband that just family is everything to him," said Gail Flores, his former boss at Branford's Jalapeno Heaven, the restaurant where Cordero met his wife. Anne Cordero said she's relieved her husband is home, but she still feels shaky and a little scared.

"He's not out of the woods yet," she said. And fears that had persisted all week were fresh in her mind.

"I can't live without him, and I can't live in Ecuador, and I can't allow my husband not to be with my son," she said.

"We just can't obey the law"

I like this one: "He thinks its unreasonable for the INS to expect a child in a strange land to follow up on paperwork he never received and, no less, turn himself over to authorities."

Yes and what person who has broken a law doesn't think it's unfair when they're caught? What the perp "thinks" is of zero importance before the law. This child made it all the way from Equador to the Unite States where he conciously entered our nation throught illegal means. That seems like a fairly mature act. Traveling thousands of miles alone is not the act of a child.

I liked this one too, "He's very close with his son; he's the type of husband that just family is everything to him," said Gail Flores, his former boss at Branford's Jalapeno Heaven, the restaurant where Cordero met his wife. Anne Cordero said she's relieved her husband is home, but she still feels shaky and a little scared.

Actually, I feel sorry for the family. But they are the ones who decided to play fast and loose with the laws of our nation. Now that they've been caught, they think the government is the bad guy. Burglers have families. Robbers have families. Those who perpetrate fraud have families. So he's good with his son. Since when does that absolve someone of a crime?

Initially he was remanded into the custody of his uncle, also an illegal alien. Then the government was surprised when he didn't show up for court hearings. Good one. Note also that his employer is Gail Flores. He met his wife in the restaurant where he worked. It seems to me that this was a situation where everyone knew what was going on from day one. Now the only defense they have is, "yes but..."

Adios amigo.

Five cents to a dollar, this guy gets legal status and is heralded as a vibrant new part of our growing diversity. After all, justice always wins out in the land of the pot-o-gold.