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I don't think that we can differentiate one illegal from another. They knew when they came across, and they know now that if caught they should be deported. I don't see that they should get any amnesty, regardless of how long they have been here. They broke the law, and should pay the consequences. When you willfully, and knowingly violate a law, you pay the consequences, and that's the bottom line. Sometimes first offenders can get probation, and in this case, that would be deportation. I think that repeat offenders should get jail time. If Mexico, or any other country wants to raise a stink about it, then they need to police their own borders as well, to keep their citizens from breaking the law.
Now, I can't say how often this happens, but I have seen this; While I was serving my original prison sentence, and illegal alien, who was incarcerated for murder, was deported when his status was discovered. This is the situation in a nutshell; someone lost their life at this man's hands, and his punishment was he was sent to bed w/out dinner. If I kill a man in Missouri, they won't deport me to Florida, where I was born, because I'm not a resident of Missouri. They'll lock me up, and if they have the death penalty, and I get it on my conviction, when my number is up, I'll be executed. So it's ok to just turn the other cheek when it's an illegal alien, because he's not a citizen of our country, and not subject to our laws, even though he may have been living here for 10 years? The above example is real, I knew the guy while we were locked up. He got out of a life sentence, and was deported, and I'd be willing to bet he was back here in under a week after he got back to Mexico.
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