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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur
I will play devils advocate here.
We are a nation of laws. Amadou Ly has chosen to willfully break these laws to stay here when his Visa ran out...
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You must have read a different article than the one in the NY Times.
When he came here he did not speak english.
His mother left him here when he was 14.
What does a 14 year old living on the streets know about Visa's and immigration laws? What would he know about anything except where his next meal might be coming from?
My parents were divorced when I was 13, so I have some idea what its like to have to fend for yourself (to a degree). I cant imagine what it would be like to be abandoned in a foreign country at that age?
What choices did he have? Flag down a police car and ask to be flow back to Senegal?