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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Cote's rationalization:
This woman committed a crime, and you think she should get off "because she is remorseful, she just wanted the American Dream"? Get lost -- she committed a crime, she pays the piper.
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The exact quote from the article is -
"The federal Probation Department recommended no prison sentence, but Judge Cote disagreed, saying that written submissions on Ms. Rosa’s behalf included “very troubling suggestions” that the crime resulted in part because Ms. Rosa was following the American dream."
Judge Cote threw the book at Ms Rosa because she (Judge Cote) was offended by the suggestion on behalf of Ms Rosa that Ms Rosa violated the law to follow the American dream? That's a bit on the bizarre side. I actually know someone who pretty much did the same thing (shame marriage) to get into the US. When he got caught, he simply got deported. If you are going to throw the book at someone, throw it at them for something extraordinary that they did, not because you are offended by the idea that they entered the country following the American dream. I would think that most immigrants are here following the American dream.