[Ajnin]

This guy broke the law. Is it your contention that serving in the military absolves one of their crimes?

[Junior]

He's been in the country since he was four. Do you remember much from when you were four? His parents broke the law by coming into this country illegally. He had no choice in the matter. Now, you want to ship him from the only country he's ever known -- and one for which he proudly lay down his life -- to a country he's never known. That's real justice.

[hoosierham]

Well , being given the choice of join the Army or go to jail for misdemeanors used to be farly common in dealing with young American men. It was viewd as giving them a chance to straighten their lives out under the not so tender eye of a good drill instructor, etc.