Quote Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS
Most of the defendants were released from the Pima County jail on their own recognizance because they have been in the country more than five years, are in the process of obtaining their citizenship and have family members who are U.S. citizens. They also have no prior criminal records
So you are safe if you have been here more than 5 years?

again are they telling us that people in this country illegally are applying for citizenship from within this country.

I am sick of hearing the excuses for the why it is ok that these people broke the law.....every last one of them should have been deported.

I think I miss understand here or there is alot going on behind our back

Sosad brought this up on the Isabel Garcia thread on the news discussion.
There's a very interesting thought to discuss out of this. THE DREAM ACT! If these now convicted criminals can either continue or can now start the process of applying for citizenship, why couldn't every parent and child who screams about the dream act not have applied while the child went through years of the public school system. (tuition free)

If the judge had kept the charges as felonies, like they originally were, this wouldn't have been possible. (applying for citizenship)

If these people can live here illegally and continue the application process or begin the application process after a conviction, any child in the school system could have been through the process. There's no need to drive without a license. There's no need to pay out of state tuition for college. You apply for citizenship as they obviously let you do it while you're here illegally, (No standing in line) and they let you do it after you've been convicted of a misdemeanor criminal charge.