But the police officer was suspicious, so he investigated her -- I guess the police in Petersburg don't have enough to do, so it's time to cut the size of the force. If the police have time to investigate someone who has not committed a state or local crime (that is part of their jurisdiction), then there are too many of them or they are not doing their job in preventing crime.

Birchwood nailed it.

To try to place this on a law enforcement officer is just smoke and mirrors; typical Sol Alinsky tactics applied liberally by lefties.

She is illegal, or better termed an invader. Sure, her parents brought her here likely when she was too young to deal with or do anything about it. I get it. My guess is that they were illegals too and have now started a family tradition.

With this conviction I think there is no way she will ever be able to LEGALLY become a US citizen.

As one who spends much time down along the border I see the folly of much of our immigration policy. I DO NOT approve people sneaking into the country. But we have to learn to deal with the situation as it exists-not the way we would LIKE it to be. In this particular case we should toss the book at her: she knows the game and the rules. And she knows the right way to do things.
But we DO have to find an easier way to allow these folks-the non criminals, which are most of them-to walk the streets legally, to enter our society and pay their way.
I know a great many folks from the other side of the border who sometimes live right in my village. For the most part just honest, hard working people who want a better life.
Like getting tired and depressed over living in Funter Bay and heading to Juneau for a better life!! Ha Ha Ha

What has this illegal person done to ANY of you PERSONALLY? The ONLY crime she committed was remaining in the USA as an undocumented person. She hurt no one, she didn't steal or scam anyone, she isn't involved in drug trafficking or child pornography, she didn't cause anyone but herself any pain. She wants to live in the US and be with her children. The real crime is what our government will charge tax payers to imprison her and then deport her. How much money have they spent on investigating her, catching her and providing her food, shelter and medical care while in prison? What good did this do to her or our overcrowded prisons? Our prisons need to be used to house criminals who have committed horrible crimes against others, not undocumented people who have committed no crime other then being here.

I clearly said local and state laws, maybe you read more closely for content.

I NEVER said she did not break FEDERAL law. And if you read the article (since you are clearly unable to read a short comment, I doubt you did), many of this woman's family members are legal, she has lived in the US since early childhood, and her son has served in the US military (which I doubt many of the people speaking against her immigration status have). Plus she has worked and paid taxes and not sponged off the system (something those who speak against immigrants like to complaint about, that they use the welfare system).

It funny to me how some people on this forum immediately see this woman as some poor downtrodden immigrant, who is completely benign and naive to the ways of the world. Instead of seeing her as the intelligence aware person she is who is completely conscious that she is breaking the law of this country and does not care.

Your naïve downtrodden sterotype is racist.

"If you work at a restaurant and that is your only job, guess what you dont pay taxes, you pay your SS and such but you dont pay taxes!"

I call BS BIG TIME! I worked in a restaurant over 40 years....I paid plenty of taxes EVERY SINGLE PAYCHECK and wrote another check when I filed because I'm not wealthy enough to have deductions for a refund! And yea...kind of chaps my glutes that some of those checks were a negative amount after taxes...I had to pay my boss because the taxes on my tips were more than I made by the hour. Yea...we all pay taxes on tips. I even paid taxes on tips I didn't make because the IRS estimates what you 'should' make and the documentation to prove otherwise is difficult to verify. You know NOTHING about IRS rules when it comes to restaurants so quit assuming everyone is a cheat.

(still steaming at your ignorance)

Let them come, legally. Otherwise throw them out. They come here looking for a better world. How about being the change agent in your own country to make it a better place?

I think if she was here when she was younger she knew when she became an adult that she needed and should have taken the LEGAL stepos to become a u.s citizen. It's all on the cops because she broke the law?? Well they get a slap on the hand for doing this, but if U.S. citizens go into Mexico illegally , they put our people in the worst prison and they are treated badly, beaten and even set up. We automatically get put into their prison, but we are suppose to what give them food stamps rental assistance and disabiltiy ? They get royal treatment compared to what our people go through. Look at one of our own that was going on vacation and served the U.S by fighting for our rights and he was treated like a dog. Really. enough is enough. Why should we pay for them to get first class royal treatment when they treat americans like dogs or arrest and beat them for asking if they can take an item into their country legally before they even get near the boarder line? Just a thought. They get better medical and welfare than our own people at U.S.Citizens expense from our tax dollars
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I think that this woman should have took the legall steps to become a citizen rather than entering illegally 3 times.. I guess she didn't learn the first 2 times. I don't get this. If we go into Mexico illegally, we are arrested , beaten adn treated like dogs, but if they are in our country they get medicaid for sneaking into the U.S and having their babies in the U.sS. They then get food stampms and wlefare and social security. really... Enough is Enough. Think about what they did to the young man who went on vacation and asked at the boarder about a rifle he wanted to bring, but didn't want to Break any laws or do anything ILLEGAL. He was treated badly and unfair, but we are to keep accepting these illegal aliens in our country who get AK PFD illegally and live like kings and queens at TAX payers expense ,. Hmm prison for our people who want to do things legally but get thrown in their awful prison for asking if they can legally bring something into their country and they get royal treatment for entering the U.S. illegally. ENOUGH is ENOUGH. Ever wonder why she was REALLY being investigated??