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Two completely separate stories, but they add up to complete confusion.  First, Homland Security is systematically dropping cases against illegals even if they have prior convictions.  Huh?  So even the fact that it is their job to catch and deport those who have entered the U.S. illegally, they choose not to?  Not even if they are convicted criminals?

In a remarkable move that has stunned the legal profession, the Department of Homeland Security is systematically dismissing pending deportation cases against illegal aliens, even when the offenders have been previously convicted of crimes in the U.S.

The government agency charged with keeping America safe quietly began dropping cases against deportable illegal immigrants about a month ago, according to a story in Texas’s largest newspaper. The effort began in Houston and has baffled local immigration attorneys who say the government dismissed their clients’ deportation even when expulsion was virtually guaranteed. “It was absolutely fantastic,” said one lawyer who had three cases dismissed this week.

But that won't stop government agencies from pushing the boundaries of the Constitution with citizens though.  Apparently it is just fine to bug and track anyone who is foolish enough to park in their own driveway.  Fourth Amendment?  Search warrant?  Who needs 'em.

Government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night, put a GPS device on the bottom of your car and keep track of everywhere you go. This doesn't violate your Fourth Amendment rights, because you do not have any reasonable expectation of privacy in your own driveway - and no reasonable expectation that the government isn't tracking your movements.

That is the bizarre - and scary - rule that now applies in California and eight other Western states. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which covers this vast jurisdiction, recently decided the government can monitor you in this way virtually anytime it wants - with no need for a search warrant. (See a TIME photoessay on Cannabis Culture.)

It's all backwards and upside down, I tell you. All backwards and upside down.