"WHY weren't their butts immediately shipped back across the border?"
Predictable responses:
a. DMV is not equipped or empowered to make arrests
b. This is a federal enforcement issue
c. We aren't funded to do so
d. The State of Colorado cannot be expected to expend scarce resources on what is considered a "petty crime"
e. All of the above
f. The "officials" to whom these documents were presented probably include a goodly number of folks from the same ethnic background as these "illegals", who warned them to skedaddle.
g. all of the above
h. "It no my yob, Esse"
i. If we shipped them home immediately, then what would we do with all of these "investigators" we've hired? They'd be sitting in the DMV with nothing to do.
j. If we got further involved it would mean we would have to actually start looking for the people who are supplying the documents, and we dont have the funds for that and the local cops are too busy writing speeding/parking tickets so that the city/state doesn't have to appear to be raising taxes.
k. all of the above
l. no one ordered me to.
m. bureaucratic inertia
n. Do you know how much paperwork that involves?
o. If we ship them home from DMV, they'll stay away and all these other nice folks who work here won't have anything to do, meaning some of them would be laid off.
p. I'm supposed to report illegal aliens?
q. All of the Above
r. Hey! If I started reporting them who would fix my roof, mow my lawn and clean my pool for less-than-market rates?
s. She's my girlfriend
t. We don't have enough people here who speak Spanish to actually ensure these are illegals
u. I thought we were supposed to be on the lookout for Arabs?
v. Duuuuuuhhhhhh
w. This is a government office; we're supposed to be stupid. It was a requirement for the job.
x. All of the above
y. Union rules prohibit me from acting in a manner consistent with having half a brain.
and finally....
z. All of the above
Great list.