>http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/24/11369925-can-an-illegal-immigrant-become-a-lawyer?lite
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>"Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio was brought to the United States from Mexico by his parents when he was nine years old. Sixteen years later, he had graduated from his Florida high school as class valedictorian, become an Eagle Scout, completed college and law school, and passed the state bar exam."
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>they forgot "... and he's a criminal".
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You really see no difference between someone brought in as a child by his or her parents, and someone coming as an adult?

No, he's not a criminal. To be criminal, there has to be intent and a 9-year-old can't form intent.

Tamar