What are they thinking?

A Guatemalan man was arrested by the new incarntation of INS (I have forgotten the name) here in Southern New England after volunteering to testify in a murder trial, where the accused was eventually convicted. Now he is going to be deported from the country because he was here illegally.

There has been no leniency in the matter. He is here illegally and he has to go. They won't allow him to marry his fiancee (an American citizen) before he is deported either.

So here is a man who helped our community, who is going to be a future part of our community (he will eventually marry his fiancee and return - after much red tape, no doubt), and he is being expelled.

What is the message that our law enforcement is sending out to potential informants, witnesses, etc. who happen to be here illegally? Don't help us because then we will come after you. This is especially serious if the threat of terrorism is as great as they make it out to be. People will not risk their necks to inform of potential threats.

How many criminals in this country are given leniency because they testify in some other crime? Why can't this be extended to illegal immigrants?

This ties into the larger issue of immigration and scape-goating of social ills on immigrants...but I will refrain from discussing that now (although I think my position is rather obvious).

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Trivial Questions:

My wife and I live in an apartment with only one bathroom.
Why is it that when either of us has to use it, the other one seems to be in it?

Why do drivers in Rhode Island never stop at a stop sign, but stop at an intersection with no stop sign?

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My wife just served me some sherbert (better for you than ice cream, but still produces happiness)....