We're all barking up a skinned tree"
The social delimma we aare faced with is one on a failure to instill an ingredient known as "self-discipline" into a person at a young age and continuously reinforcing that ingredient into young adulthood.
Even in a society as stongly disciplined as the US Armed Forces, there exists those who would/do violate the Law (Uniform Code of Military Justice) of those bodies which some deem to be excessively harsh in their appliction.
When I studied Pshchology 101 at the U of Houston in the 40's it was stated that "character" and "personality" were the product of 10% heredity and 90% social environment. I questioned that then and continue to do so. What I do know is this: If a person is raised by parents who show love and attention and who do not "spare the rod" when faced with a severe disciplinary problem fostered by their offsprings actions contrary to their established FAIR rules, then that person "usually' turns out to be a law-abiding citizen who follows the rules and never becomes estranged from the law.
On the other hand, if those parents don't pay attention nor punish when called for, that person will be a delinquent at some future time in their life.
That's a generalization, folks, nothing more nor nothing less, but I have found it to be true in most cases.
Once these people find that it is easy to gain what they want by operating outside the law, the habit becomes more or less permanent. Those who have taken up with drugs are double driven and "rehabilitation" is more often than not, not successful. The drugs have a character-destroying manner about them and the weak character, to begin with, most frequently succumbs to that effect.
I might add at this point that most Dominican parents make no attempt to instill self-discipline in their offspring, nor do they attempt very much "on-the-spot" correction, but let them go their own way from birth. And, no, that isn't always the case. It's just what I have observed in the majority of cases.
So, what's the answer?
I think Hillbilly said it very well.
I will say this. If a person was taken/went to the US at a very young age and never applied for citizenship, then it is his fault alone for transgressing the law (which he was well aware of doing) and getting himself deported as a result. he has no-one else to blame but himself for the delimma he finds himself in. All the "bleeding hearts" stating is case, notwithstanding. He has exactly what he deserves. Maybe if he were to think about that instead of blaming some faceless other person for his problem. He mde his bed, now he must sleep in it. If he goes back to his lawless ways here and is caught, he'll have much more "hard time" in which to consider what to do next. If he isn't just stupid, he'll sweep streets rather than face that hard time in the DR.
Texas Bill
Texas Bill