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Immigration hysteria misses subtle and important distinctions

Two immigrants in the Midwest are riling emotions and attracting national attention. One is reviled, accused of killing two people, and the other is a beloved and respected member of his community. But they are virtually the same to the federal government.

They are deportable.

That is all they are to the bureaucrats of the Department of Homeland Security who decide which immigrants can be hauled off, literally dragged away from their families, handcuffed and flown or bussed back to their native

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