No illegal alien is above the U. S. law!”

No illegal alien is above the U. S. law!”
And: “I get that this man has been here for years and years and has contributed to society,
but he isn’t LEGAL, therefore the U. S. has every right to throw him out.”
And: “A couple thousand down, millions to go.”
Around West Frankfort, some people grow quiet when asked whether some undocumented people should be granted exceptions.
Asked about Mr. Hernandez, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement released a statement
that read, in part: “Every day, as part of routine operations, ICE officers target and arrest criminal aliens and other individuals who are in violation of our nation’s immigration laws.”
After a report of his detention appeared in a local newspaper, The Southern Illinoisan, some comments were pointed:
“No U. S. citizen is above the U. S. law!
Juan Carlos Hernandez Pacheco — just Carlos to the people of West Frankfort — has been
the manager of La Fiesta, a Mexican restaurant in this city of 8,000, for a decade.
“With everything that’s gone on — we’ve had years of unemployment rates
that are skyrocketing — I would like to see some of the people that I know go back to work before I worry about people from other countries coming here and making a better life for themselves,” said Audrey Loftus, 38, a bartender at the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post.