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And turning everyone over to the feds upon arrest can cause problems, because not everyone who is arrested is guilty of a crime.
Traditionally, anyone arrested, at the local, or Federal, level, would have an expectation of legal due process.
You currently don't - and probably shouldn't - get to walk out of prison without serving your sentence just because you're here illegally.
Ideally, someone properly convicted and imprisoned, would be deported to their home country, and handed over to the authorities there. Then the authorities in that country could decide to have him serve out his sentence in their prison, or walk free, on their streets. iirc, it was suggested that illegals convicted in the US, serve their term in El Salvador, as locking them up there would be a lot cheaper than holding them in a US prison.
But, as you said, the focus by US authorities has been to ring up big numbers, not see justice done.
Steve
