re: #292 lawhawk

We have Arizona at one end of the spectrum, and NY’s Gov. Paterson now appears to go to the other - he wants to create pardon panels to help people avoid deportation under what he thinks is harsh federal law.

Paterson should focus on passing the state budget (now more than a month late - than trying to find a way to override federal law on deportations, which are quite clear.

Without knowing more about this story, the thing is, some… many (?)… of these people fled countries where they were wrongly accused. We grant asylum to people like this. Trumped up charges, etc. See Cuba and our Wet Foot, Dry Foot policy which I think is fine, but it only applies to Cubans and no other refugees which I think unfair.