Re: What has immigration status got to do with criminal punishment?
"The trick (and the perk of a democracy) is to get him thrown out again before he does too much damage,"
This is why democracy is the worst system except for all the others. It's the only one that lets you fix it when (not if) it goes wrong. Of course, if the error lies in the electorate repeatedly voting for someone who screws them over, there isn't much you can do.