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"A typical case is a 22- or 23-year-old father of two who was brought here when he was 2 or 3, lived here his entire life, went to Las Cruces High school and has two kids who are American citizens. He gets, say, a DWI, and all of a sudden his lack of status is discovered and he is sent back to Mexico, even though he knows nothing about the country, has no family there, and barely speaks Spanish. What else is he going to do but turn around and cross the border again? And if he does and he gets caught, that's a felony with real prison time and another deportation," he said.
"I sentence a kid matching that profile five times a week. Those cases hurt, they break your heart."
RUSSELL GOLDMAN for ABC News.