In the story below, both the media and the authorities seem to think that the fact that the illegal who was being deported has a daughter who is an  "activist" is a reason not to deport her. Actually, it's a good reason to do so, as it would also be good to deport activist/Dream Act poster boy Jose Antonio Vargas, and Obama's Aunt Zeituni and Uncle Omar.

It's called "Strategic Deportation" and is similar to the idea of exemplary sentencing—to send a message about the rule of law, and deter other scofflaws. But Obama has adopted "Strategic Amnesty" instead, sending a much different message about the rule of law, one that must be very demoralizing for the people who work in immigration enforcement.

Agents take mother of immigration activist in night home raid,By Cindy Y. Rodriguez and Janet DiGiacomo, CNN, updated 4:19 PM EST, Sat January 12, 2013

CNN) — Erika Andiola spent hours Friday speaking to immigration officials to keep her own mother in the country. She prevented her deportation in the nick of time.

The prominent immigration rights activist has routinely visited immigration offices on the behalf of others, "but this is the first time I have been here for my own mother", she said.

Thursday night, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers raided Andiola's Pheonix, Arizona, home and took away her mother, Maria Minerva Guadalupe Arreola, to deport her to Mexico.

Andiola is president and founder of the Arizona DREAM Act Coalition, which supports legislation to allow the children of undocumented migrants to attain documented status. The acronym stands for Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors.

The family's lawyer Jose Panelosa told CNN affiliate KTVK that Arreola was on a bus headed to the border when the decision to release her was made.

"Fifteen minutes into the ride, there was a phone call to the bus and the driver took the call and spoke to the other agents, and turned the bus around", he said.

Arreola was released in Florence, Arizona, he said.[More]