The cruelty and stubbornness of the US deportation thugs is illustrated by their many-year quest to deport Rebecca Trimble to Mexico because her parents didn't handle the paperwork right when adopting as a newborn, 30 years ago.

Not only does she speak no Spanish and know no one in Mexico — the US is famous for deporting people there under such circumstances — but Mexico says her records are contradictory. She may not be allowed to work in Mexico, except for a gang.

The case to accept her as American is so strong that the officials' refusal to see it shows the cruelty in their hearts. They are not fit to exercise the power they hold.

I wonder whether she could get asylum in Canada, now that Canada will allow people to apply from the US.