I still feel that the courts should have deported this women back to Africa!

Now that you released her, DEPORT HER. She is here Illegally and has broken immigration laws. DEPORT HER.

I agree, she is going to use our tax dollars to have this baby and then get to stay because of this child- what happens if she dies? Another child on our welfare system. She should be deported.

People would call me a 'lefty' and even I think she should be deported :p

Compassionate social worker here (married to an alien). DEPORT HER NOW.

(In graduate school, one of the charming things they taught us--on the Maine taxpayer's dime, since it was a state university---was how to help people like this "hide" from the authorities.

So noble.....NOT).

One more for the chorus... DEPORT HER!

In these tough economic times, the State cannot afford to help illeagal alien. There are SO many Mainer's that need help, but can't get it. Sent her home

I am told I have a huge amount of compassion for people and animals. Most days I am sure I love animals beyond that of some people. I don't believe the child has a chance here or in her home land. If I was the person who hired her as a Nanny, I would be concerned for my families health and well being.

I think we have enough people to take care of in this state, the country. SEND HER BACK TO WHERE SHE CAME FROM!!!!! SEND EVERY illegal alien home. We can't even take care of our own any longer. That's the government for ya.! DAH

What a missed opportunity to get 2 birds with one stone.

Deport her - maybe. But I cannot help but feel like a victim of the state of Maine as well as the United Staes of America. I was diagnosed with both liver and lung cancer 7 months ago. I lost my job due to the economy and since have been on unemployment in the stae of Washington. I have applied for and been denied Social security, Medicare and Medicaid. I have also been denied benefits from the American Cancer Society , Health for All -Washington and several other agaencies.All because I make too much on unemployment, 1200 a month, Trust me this barely covers the bills let alone a movie once or twice a month. The state o fo Maine will foot the bill for this womans unborn child and her as well but yet they would deny a natural born citizen such as myself the same basic right to life,much the way my current home stae of Washington has done in the past with others in her situation..

The state of Washington states that a telephone, basic cable or a PO Box are not needed nor is paying for luxuries like food that does not considt of Top Ramam 7 days a week. I qualify for 26 dollars a month in food stamps and was advised to be thankful by the state worker to be getting that much. I would not quite agree with deporting this poor woman but I would agree 100 % that we need to start learning to take care of those of us that were actually born here first.

I wonder if I were to goto Africa if I would be given the same right to life as her unborn child, somehow I doubt it... Davit

in other news - still no cure for cancer, and I'm still driving on a joke of a state road 24 miles each day. Just paid 1000 dollars for wheel bearings from that road.

Let her appeal from Cameroon.

Sentenced to time served.

And Don't let her back in.

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What part of ILLEGAL ALIEN do we not understand ?

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If that child is born here , then said child is a citizen and she gets to stay and we get to support them and then she writes home and says come to Maine USA, they hand out homes, medical and money to any one, especially if your not from here and don't work.

Plenty of time to send her back to where she's from.

Woodcock said, “I recognize that the sentence turned out to be controversial,” he said. “I can certainly understand how some have misinterpreted what the court intended to do in this case.” And what a shmuck he is. The real reason the fat-a$$ed judge had to let her out is that he either knowingly or inadvertently set a precedent of protecting a fetus that Tuleh can still abort if she wants. But it seems unlikely now the V.A.W.A. money is taking care of her. This is her ticket to freedom and at least eighteen years of welfare if she plays her cards right. Thanks to Joe Biden she'll be taken care of better than a taxpayer, I suspect.

This is mind boggeling. This woman should have been deported already nevermind jailed then released and now is going to continue to be treated for her illness? BS spend the money for a plane ride back to where she belongs sorry but this is not our problem but it's situations like this that are adding to the issues we are facing and it isn't fair to hard working Americans.

THESPENC-----------You are absolutely right, now what is going to happen to this woman is she is going to live in the USA and live off the poor taxpayer's money, she will be in better shape than the taxpayer that is paying for her to feed, clothes etc.

I just paid 1000.00 for my car ins. and 2000.00 for my house ins.

And other countries are saying that America is no good, she is seeing obstetrician, Vilrologist, Pediatrician Doctors at your's and mine expence she is now staying in a hotel in Portland, she gets all of the best while us poor taxpayer have to foot the bill.

Here is what I got to say, TAKE HER TO PORTLAND AIRPORT AND SEND HER BACK TO CAMEROON AND LET HER PEOPLE TAKE CARE OF HER.

I do not care if you are Liberal or conservative why should we put up with having to pay for all the doctors and hotel's for a HIV POSITIVE PREGNANT

PERSON FROM AFRICAN, I do not know what is going on in the USA but it is not right.

yep-just another anchor baby

drc: I pay $133 every 6 months for car insurance on a 96 Mercury. I have Geico. What kind of record and coverage do you have for $1000?

dtracy: I'm married with a child. Both I and my husband are disabled. We came in with two checking accounts, so his money pays for rent and car repairs and mine pays for cable, phone, ISP, car insurance, electric, cell, gas for the car, my meds (he refuses to take any) and grocery. I only get $653 per MONTH.

I agree that the woman should have been deported upon discovering she was here illegally. I think the pregnancy was only brought to light to delay things...very convenient....for her.

Send her home. Why let her stay in the USA. If there was a man with her they would have sent him back already. Why should it matter that she is pregnant. You know why if she gives birth to her baby her in the USA the baby will be a US citizen and then she will be able to stay her. tell the whole story.

What is this nonsense? Illegal means illegal means she goes back from whence she came, and her unborn child with her. If that child is born here, it is an American citizen, and she would then probably be allowed to stay to take care of the "American citizen," and would be yet another drain on our paltry tax monies.

She's just another example of cheap labor being brought in to replace American citizens who need the jobs. This is one reason so many of our jobs have been lost, just like in the "wild" blueberry industry, sea food industry, and woods workers - all the immigrant labor, legal and illegal, will accept really low wages because they are desperate, thereby cutting local people out of jobs.

Anyone who can afford to hire a "nanny" can afford to pay a local person to do this job. Send her and all illegals back to their homelands..........illegal means they're breaking the law and should not be allowed to stay. Period.

Sometimes I think there is no real American governing body, of We The People, any more! Not ONE politician heeds the desires of the people!!! No matter how many demand that illegals are returned to there "many" homelands, as they suck America dry of it's wealth, they go on as if it doesn't matter what the people say. The day you vote out "all" politicians and place in true patriots is the day America shall return, strong and anew! We are now witnessing the fall of a great, one of a kind, society. Our forefathers left this to us and we do nothing to defend our own freedoms and laws, that they fought and died for. This woman is not the only "ILLEGAL". Send them "all" back! What in the hell does "ILLEGAL" mean?! It seems the good people are the ones who are illegal for just trying to save America! Every state now faces being influenced by invaders that have no right to be here. Our government should listen to the people's demands, but instead have hopes of remaining in power, endlessly, due to "illegals voting them back in office to further mess things up for the true "we the people of America"! SEND HER BACK! America doesn't need new laws, we have them! America never had hate crime laws, Now we have them! America doesn't need African style governing bodies forming in our nation, as they have in Zimbabwe, former Rhodesia, but we have it coming, if Obama gets what he wants, which is a strong malitia of his own! Look that up on YouTube!!! America of a few decades ago was changed forevermore by the Kennedys. Ted and Bobby Kennedy changed the Immigration Policy of America in 1965 stating no longer were caucasian Europeans welcome here, but instead opened up this nation to take in the entire third world!!! This is why you see this decline today. For the 3rd world brings with it a great dislike for the American people refusing to assimilate, as past immigrants had done. We must either change the status quo or suffer further decline! It's up to you and many more who just ignore all this.

I have Allstate and I have 250.00 deductable and the rest of the things that you will find in an auto ins it comes to 500. every 6 months thats 1000.00 a year. Clean license no tickets at all

And readers, please take note of the quoted text:

"He got them Monday from Putnam, who testified that Tuleh would be put up in a Portland motel until housing in the city could be found for her. The pregnant woman already has been connected with an obstetrician, virologist and pediatrician for treatment, she said."

"Her housing, food, medicine and treatment would be paid for by state and federal programs, Putnam said. Tuleh would be assigned a case manager at the center and would be eligible to be visited two or three times a week by a public health nurse. Used furniture and clothing are donated to the center and would be available to Tuleh, Putnam told the judge."

Doesn't that just make you feel warm and fuzzy!

Scintillate, thanks, I was wondering when someone was going to bring up the fact that if the child is born in Portland, the child then becomes a citizen of Maine and of course the United States and then we'll automatically underwrite the subsequent costs.

cleanearth, more good points, thank you for sharing. I do take exception, however, to your comment: " She's just another example of cheap labor being brought in to replace American citizens who need the jobs." I, like most US citizens dislike the numers of illegal aliens being supported by the taxpayers. If they want to come here, get a green card just as most migrant workers have. One of our problems is that the vast majority of the citizens of the Uniited States do not want to work for the dollars we pay migrants and illegal aliens. In essence, very few jobs are being taken away from the majority of us workers, who are looking for or want a job.

However, and back to the subject at hand, immediately send her back.

MY , MY, How mean spirited you Mainers are. this is just the beginning folks!! But you'll still vote for liberal Democrats in every election. That judge was probably appointed by your Dem. Gov. Bald ducci. When you continue to do the same thing over and over again , but expect different results,,,,,,,,,,,,GUES WHAT?????? You are NUTZ!!!!!!!. You deserve to get crapped on. I got out of there before I became as crazy as you guys.....NOW, I'm off my meds. Hey , how about importing some more Somalis like Lewistin? Plus, as the whitest state in the union, you all sound pretty racist to me. Isn't that politically incorrect. Suffer for you liberal sins. You are reaping what you've sowed for years. Don't you just love your high taxes,,,,,no jobs,,,,,BUT freebies for "undocumented workers" . (USED toBE called illegal aliens). Go down to your local welfare office and demand equal rights. What are your equal legal rights? Don't ask for any special treatment,,,,,,,,just ask to be treated like an illegal alien. Free housing, food stamps, free health care, free tuition, free driver's license( no driver's test) , no need for auto insurance, regitration, or insurance. Never having to show up for court when issued a summons, free legal assistance, interpreters, all government forms in their language (paid for by taxpayers). Ah,,,,,,I could go on and on,,,,,,but I'm headed down to my local welfare office, denounce my citizenship, and get only the benefits illegals are entitled to. God luck at the next elections as you vote Democrat again. Bend over and kiss your sorry a__es "GOOD BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get with the program, people! When she gets out of jail, she'll register Democrat!

What's wrong for being Racist? LQQKatme has some of it right, Maine is a real Liberal State and the Gov. is a real Liberal Dem. but the whole country is Liberal when they let something happen like this. How come Norway will not let them do it? Or some of the places where they do not have to pay 1000.00 A year for Auto Ins.? I have an Avalon 2006 and its by far cry from being a BMW 7 series.

But we are not talking about car Ins here we are talking about taking care of the world and having the Taxpayer pay for it.

If you are not working and can not get a job, try doing something that she has done. This is not America any more, just asked you mom and dad

See my note about Judge Woodcock in a different article/case today. Woodcock: I ACCUSE! I have been following you and your decisions for YEARS now. You are a rogue judge. You constantly issue the lightest possible sentence--when you issue any punishment at all. YOU are what is wrong with this state and this country. I ACCUSE! You must be removed.

I hope her unborn child will be born without the HIV Virus. Deport her after the baby is born.

Henssis1 wrote: "I hope her unborn child will be born without the HIV Virus. Deport her after the baby is born. "

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THEY SHOULD DEPORT HER NOW.

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The law Needs to be changed so that one can Only be a "Natural born Citizen" IF and Only If the parents are Legal U.S. Citizens.

Current precedent is Not what the Founders intended.

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Do It NOW !

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So if she came to the US in September and her due date is in August, she got pregnant while in the US. I wonder why she left Maryland--was she working as a nanny there too & get pregnant from her employer? Could that be why she got into a dispute with her current employer?

Now if this person was from Mexico and an Illegal alien, they would have WHIP LASH from being deported so FAST!!!!

While A huge percentage of legal people in the US can't get any assistance, here we have ilegals comming into the US all the time getting pregnant and then delivering in the US and then the US supports them with houseing,medical,schooling,daycare,food and so on,,,,,,, Don't you think that it is time to take care of our own. We bomb a country ,then we go rebuild it, just doesnt make sence.

Dude ! We are 'one world' --it 'Takes a village' --just print more money --it's all good--just ask the Ch O sen O ne .

This whole 'responsibility thing'---------naww! failed experiment!

This woman is a criminal alien. She violated out immigration laws and got caught. She needs to be DEPORTED immediately! Anything less is pandering to the leftist liberals. We have immigration laws on the books, enforce them !

Arrange for care for her in Cameroon and send her on her way . It isn't the responsibility of the State of Maine, nor the Federal Government to play "Daddy" for wayward illegal aliens and their babies. I hope this case doesn't set a precedence for other pregnant illegals that Maine is a soft, safe haven. There are so many hard-working Mainers that cannot afford insurance because they fall within that bracket of making just enough to put them over the limit for state aid. This woman breaks Federal Immigration laws and is given a comfy free ride. Disgusting. And this on top of talks about scaling back help for the elderly on Medicare. The vast majority of these people payed taxes all of their lives, untold numbers put their lives on the line for our country and they struggle with the decision of whether to eat, have heat or fill their life- saving prescriptions each month. The only thing this woman needed to do for the red carpet treatment was forge documents and work illegally in the US. Pretty good incentive run to Maine and call "asylum". Maybe Maine should rethink it's slogan to a more appropriate "Illegal Immigrant Vacationland" Truly a disgrace!

Deport the woman, hell I will pay for the airline ticket to get her outta here, it will be cheaper than me funding her and her child and all the benefits they are going to get.

This is one of the reasons California is such a mess. Cases like this are a dime a dozen. It's caught up with them. Once that child is born, there will be no getting rid of her. you can't deport the mother without the child after all, and the child will be a U.S. citizen. And if you all think she didn't know this before she got pregnant, you've been smoking something! Things will never change. Just like we'll never have nuclear power to solve our energy problems. Or natural gas in vehicles and on and on it goes.

"Because iniquity shall be multiplied,

the love of the many shall wax cold" (Matt. 24:12 R.V.).

Oh, dear. What a bunch of repulsive, provincial hate mongers you all are. Your ignorance is nauseating. You are all the embodiment of the Ugly American.

Don't you folks see what is happening here? The sentiment is almost 100% to deport this woman, and still she stays. Our representatives don't give a damn what we think, they will keep importing people until natives are the minority. This country is shot. I'm glad I'm old!

but yet so many Mainers can't get health care in the state they pay taxes! Good Grief Charly Brown!

I don't think I like people in Bangor. Such total lack of compassion. You shame the state of Maine.

They are a rough crowd.

Not so rough, they just want to be treated as well as illegal aliens. It won't happen though,,,,,they will continue to vote for liberals and Democrats. Maine needs to increase its taxes , drive more businesses out of state , and bring in more Somalis like Lewiston did.

If relation to the President doesn't have to be deported why should this woman be deported?

We pay for he medical, We pay for her food, We pay for her birth, We pay for the kids medical, We pay for the kids food, We pay and pay and pay!

On top of that, this kid will be a US Citizen when born! Great!

Nice goin judge!

Excuse me? We're all the embodiment of the ugly American? Maybe we all just see what is happening here. We are the most generous nation on earth. I just ask ya all, who is going to save our asses when we go under. Because it sure as heck looks like that is what is slowly happening.

Actually, stupid, I see nowhere where she is listed as an ILLEGAL ALIEN. Could be wrong. She did, however, possess, but was never alleged to have actually used, some form of fraudulent document. Found when her belongings were searched at the Presque Isle Airport.

I won't try to explain further, until the bigots on here first read the Imimigration and Nationality Act and 8 U.S.C. sec. 1 et seq. Then you might actually have something intelligent to comment on.

Once again, for the stupids: I don't think she's here illegally (not "illeagaly"). But I doubt you can read that any more than what you seem to have attempted to read already.

And she WILL be deported. The "system" just doesn't work that fast. It needs to be fixed.

Hey, guys her treatment and the baby's treatment will only cost a few million dollars and that money can easily be taken out of the old folks medicaid, medicare accounts. As you all know old Americans abuse the system by going to the hospital when they are sick and dieing so whats the harm of making them stay home , take an aspirin, and let this woman abuse the system for a change. Let's try to be nice, after all Cameroon is a very powerful country that could kill us all!!

She does not look like an alien to me

If this isn't blatant misuse of this country's immigration 'laws', nothing is. This is insanity. Unconditional deportation can be THE ONLY resolve for illegal immigration. What a disgusting outrage.

DEPORT HER!

Sledhead. Try READING for a change. Not . . . an . . . illegal . . . immigrant. Will . . . be . . . deported.

Yep. Y'all make Maine proud to the world!

I am glad that she is here and would like to have more people like her here. She will undoubtedly work hard and contribute much to the economy of this state. This state has gone nowhere for about 100 years--it's time for some new blood, and I say wonderful news. This tired, hide-bound, ignorant old state is almost a basket case.

I can't wait for her child to grow up and start giving back. Perhaps she will give more to the state then the current sorry lot is doing--it can't get any worse!

Damn, I wish I weren't an American so I could........ sit my butt at the house and get all the free home, food, cable tv, electrical alowance, health care, Harvard tuition, room, board, books, get out of jail free card, and a new car with unlimited gas card!! America, the home of the "free stuff" and land of the "slaves". Keep working , punks, I have needs.

Bang....or.....ean you putz:

".........would be given a date for a removal hearing in U.S. Immigration Court in Boston." This does not say she'll be deported, it says she'll have a hearing to be removed. Maybe your almighty reading skills are better than everyone else's but no where does it say she's here legally. Regardless of your nit picking ramblings, seems only logical to deport one who has falsified documents. Legal immigration's ok, illegal immigration isn't despite what you liberal idealists think. And shame on the MCLU, they really do know how to make a mess of things. Gotta get back to work so I can pay more taxes to support the lib-induced failed economy. Over and out.

As Cameroon goes, so goes America....... so, "Tatiana", I think were looking at 3 cents an hour for when you can find work and cannibalism as our new grocery store. Enjoy.

Tatiana: She is sure to do better than some on here. Yes, it does seem like this state suffers from something "tired",etc. sometimes, if you read many comments on the BDN letter site. As Bangorean said above, she will be deported; but that does not happen overnight. She also has an innocent child to deliver. Oh yeah that's right....all the people that rant on and on against abortion on this site, likely show this child (soon to be born) very little compassion. Unreal!

I agree, chersully2000.

@ Tele-blah: Well said. I can see you're an intellectual.

I think that this woman should have a fair trial. She maybe her illegally but everyone has a right to a fair trial. Givre the woman a break she is trying to give her child a better life.

And now, to wait for the appeal to lower this absurd, possibly politically-minded sentence to something reasonable.

As for the woman, still waiting to see the extent of these false documents. If she is here illegally, I am confident she would be deported ASAP. Something appears to be legit, as she's still here.

With that said, I DO have a problem with supporting immigrants who have not been granted citizenship yet. She did break the law by having some form of illegal documentation. Rather than a stay in jail, which is still questionable depending on how bad this offence is, deportation should be the only action. Or, don't jail her at all. But that ALL depends on the severity of the offence. No funds should ever be used for non-citizens until all actual citizens in need are taken care of, which hasn't been achieved obviously.

But she'll be a citizen soon, so I don't believe this illegal documentation is as severe as it may seem. The judge even admits his sentencing decision was only to ensure the health of the baby, if I remember an earlier article right.

Sean Stackhouse

Reaganite and JJHampden are right. This judge needs to be recalled, and change the law allowing babies and their parents to stay here if the kid is born in the USA. We can complain all we want, and ranting helps me a lot, but we must do MORE than complain.

NOT ONE OF YOU HAS ADDRESSED THE REAL PROBLEM, IT'S YOU!!!!!!!!!!!. DON'T YOU GET IT? YOU CONTINUE TO RE-ELECT LIBERAL WEASELS WHO DON'T GIVE A CRAP ABOUT YOU. ONCE YOU COME TO YOUR SENSES, MAYBE YOU WILL FIGURE IT OUT AND VOTE FOR CANDIDATES WHO WILL ACTUALLY LISTEN TO YOU. YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE THEM, AS THEY BELIEVE THAT GOVERNMENT CANNOT SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS. THEY BELIEVE IN JOB CREATION, THEY BELIEVE THAT A SENSIBLE TAX STRUCTURE WILL ATTRACT JOBS AND KEEP JOBS IN MAINE. THEY BELIEVE WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE WHO CANNOT CARE FOR THEMSELVES,,,,,,,,,,,,,BUT ABLE BODIED SHOULD STOP RECEIVING "CRAZY CHECKS". THEY BELIEVE WE SHOULD ENFORCE OUR EXISTING IMMIGRATION LAWS. THEY BELIEVE ALL LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SHOULD WORK TOGETHER , RATHER THAN FOLLOWING BALDACCI'S SANTUARY POLICY. YOU SHOULD HAVE SUPPORTED THE MAYOR OF LEWISTON WHEN HE, BORN IN LEWISTON, SAID ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WITH REGARD TO SOMALIS ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE IN HIS TOWN, WHEN THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES FOR NATIVE BORN CITIZENS. BUT YOU WERE MUTE. YOU WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM DRIVING AT BECAUSE YOU ARE APATHETIC AND WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO CORRECT YOUR CURRENT PLIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't blame the woman as I would try to do whatever I could even fake papers to get my child to a great place like Maine, USA.

Deport Her. She is an Illegal Alien. We don't need another anchor baby here sucking up Maine welfare, food stamps and free medical. Can't understand why Mainers are starving yet we want to take care of criminals from other countries. Deport Her Now.

This whole case just burns me....my sick 78 year told grandmother can't seem to get the help she needs from the state of Maine but this idiot can??? Cases such as these are why America is beyond BROKE!!!!

Sledhead, I know the "system" a might bit better'n you do. Read the INA and 8 U.S.C. If she was here illegallly, she would've also been charged with 8 USC Section 1321 "illegal entry" or maybe "overstay." Illegal entry is a federal misdemeanor. She is per se deportable UNLESS she comes up with a real good amnesty claim. She DID NOT IMMIGRATE ILLEGALLY. She probably didn't even immigrate. Want a guesstimate on the real scoop? She came in on a B1-B2 visa, which is still good, copped some fraudulent documents for future use somehow, somewhere, and was going to try an end run via the Amnesty rules - or simply disappear into the crowd before her visa expired. She came in as a non-immigrant legally. Betcha a million. A "removal hearing" pretty much means she'll be deported as a convicted felon IF she can't prove the elements for Amnesty. The "immigration court" is a trumped-up, executive branch kangaroo court where the prosector and "judge" (actually an immigration adjudicator) are both on the same side. There is NOBODY remotely related to the U.S. Federal Judicial branch of government involved with what they so wrongly term immigration "court."

See, I don't put on Rush's jackboots, the brown shirt and start saluting and goose-stepping like you, nor do I see the current administration as any kind of saving grace. Like what seem to be the majority, thank god, I try to figure things out and understand the safeguards in place.

Now. Go read the INA and 8 U.S.C. Unless she has some basis besides "abuse by her employer" in Presque Isle, which sounds a little hokey, or some other valid Amnesty claim re: Cameroon, she WILL be deported. You may now, sledschitz, return to your regularly scheduled hate radio propagand programming. And once more, the true colours of Maine come forth on the posts. I am SO freakin' proud I think I could schit.

Oh, and Reaganite's an idiot liar. He's been "following the Judge's rulings for YEARS." Woodcock was just appointed by Bush less than 2 years ago. And Woodcock is about as far right as you can get and follows the law to the letter. He also had the authority to keep her in jail for a lot longer than he proposed. First the rightwingwhackos use "agenda driven, activist judge" to accuse anyone with any compassion, then accuse one of their OWN because he won't do what the rightwingwhacko activists want him to do. Amazingly hypocritical. And, once AGAIN, the JUDGE HAS NO DEPORT AUTHORITY.

One more thing just for you intelligence challenged individuals: Under Article III of the Constitution, Federal District Court Judges are appointed for LIFE. "Recalling" a Federal Judge better have a whole hell of a lot of merit than not pleasing the hate mongers that post on these pages.

Ok, Let me see if I understand this.............As a tax payer I am going to put this woman up in a hotel until the state of maine finds housing for her. I will clothe her, feed her and pay for her medical expenses? Are you kidding me As a tax payer I would rather help someone from my own state that is not here illegally.....I am so outraged for words....We have people here in Maine and around the world starving, losing their homes and jobs but we are going to help someone else who does not even live here.....Ok so how about I go over to someother country and sponge off them....This is the most rediculous thing I have heard in a long time....I have to scrape and struggle to pay for groceries and my own health care, and I am a US citizen that works fulltime and is a college graduate........There is something wrong with our system people.....You know I guess it is up to us to help each other.......

I SAY DEPORT HER AND THE UNBORN CHILD. IF THE CHIILD HAS HIV LIKE THE MOTHER WE WILL BE TAKING CARE OF BOTH OF THEM FOREVER. SHE HAD FALSE DOCUMENTS AND NEEDS TO GO HOME, CAMEROON, THAT IS. WE CAN'T EVEN TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN, LET ALONE SOMEONE HERE ILLEGALLY....SEND HER PACKING....B4 IT IS TOO LATE....

Bangorean, I'm sure if you call all the right people, arrangements can be made for her to stay with you. You can feed her, clothe her, pay for her medical care and her babies when it is born. I'm sick of it. I lived in San Diego CA for 15 years. This was common. And no a mexican would not be deported quickly. Story after story of pregnant women waiting till they are about to give birth, trudge across the border give birth in a field and walla, free stuff for the rest of their lives courtesy of the US taxpayer. Some are lucky, they make it to the nearest emergency room.

Why are there immigration laws (if they aren't enforced)?

She broke the law by possessing fraudulent documents. She was rightfully charged and apparently pleaded guilty. She SHOULD be deported. Some of you seem to get it. I"m not saying keep her here, give her all the benefits, blah blah blah. I'm simply trying to point out that the system is broken and the immigration laws are a confusing morass of bureacratic crap used to justify the employment of hundreds of thousands of people who do little or nothing. And they get WAY more benefits and perks than YOU do. You really want something to rail about, read, if you can, the bill currenlty before Congress. Potentially 103 million immigrants over the next 20 years. THIS time the "amnesty" part appears real. LAST time "amnesty" meant pay a $5,000 fine, leave the country and get at the end of the application line to get back in. Trouble was, Rush, O'Reilly and the rest of the liars convinced the whackos that it was real "amensty."

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mmacpuguy wrote: "can't blame the woman as I would try to do whatever I could even fake papers"

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That reminds me--on top of all the other liabilities to the taxpayer for keeping this woman here--it is illegals like this woman cause Americans whose ID's they steal, all sorts of problems, not the least of which is screwing up their credit history so they can't get a car or home loan. And it can take a year of hard work to straighten out your credit rating after something like that.

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Deport this thief ! !

Ahhh jeesh. I give up. Wallow in your self-indulgent ignorance. If she had someone else's ID, she'd've been charged with ID theft. The U.S. Attorney's office has to justify its existence, and would've charged her if there was someone "real" on the other end of the documents. Creative editorializing doesn't solve the problem.

Bangorean:

Woodcock was appointed in 2003. The idiot George W. Bush took Snowe and Colllins for their word that the would be good. Enough said. Apology acccepted. (From you, and from Snowie and Collinshead).

You seem to know the immmigration system pretty well. So I wonder if you are one of the precious "immigration lawyers" who are nothing more than grifters who help others to grift, all the while wearing a nice suit and tie, or dress. Just wondering. (MY line of work happens to be social work. Kind of weird, huh??....considering I'm such a heartless @*&#^! and all!!..........what a nice, simiple, scripted world you must live in.....)

You seem awfully, awfully defensive. That's because even YOU know that the entire immigration system is broken as broken can be, and the people who DID it are the leftists, anti-Americans, one-worlders, elitists, academics, lawyers, ACLU, racists, etc. etc. etc. who want open borders, for varying, disgusting reasons. Hey-- If any of those shoes fit YOU, go ahead and wear it.

You seem awfully confident that this woman WILL be deported. You simply can't be taken seriously, with THAT kind of certitude. Have you been in a cave for the last 10 years?? NO idea about what's actually taking place in this country regarding immigration and enforcement?? (By the way, my wife and I have navigated most of the documents you reference. She's an alien.)

But again: my main pont is that Woodcock IS a rogue judge. Unfortunately for you, there is a thing called "Google". Go ahead: I dare you: Put in "Judge Woodcock" and "Bangor Daily News". And then I'll be MORE than happy to go over the results with you, case by case. (A fair warning: in the very week that THIS article ran, there were at least two more featuring the lovely Justice W. and his decisions in other cases. And no, no............sorry to say............ he didn't decide to abandon his bleeding heart ways THIS week. Maybe NEXT week!)

You elitist, snobby, person.

Is she gone yet????

I knew it was Bush's fault

I said that the other day, GW is to blame...

What work my wife and I have done over the years in immigration is pretty much pro bono. We don't seem to carry the level of hate you brownshirts do. Social work huh? WOW!!

Listen Bangorean.....We have people in our own country, state, county, town that needs help and can't get it! Why because they WORKED AND PAID taxes here all their lives And because they may have saved a little aside............they aren't eligible for any help until they loose everything..... Why in hell is that fair! Then you have illegals come into our coutry and get everything......and never paid a dime in our system....if that makes me a browshirts then so be it and glad to be. I'm sick and tired of you know it all liberals spending MY hard earned money. I'm not against welfare...there's people that need it.....but let's help out our own first. So if you want to do pro bono.......so be it.....good for you! But I was taught that charity begins at home.....

Freakin ridiculous....they gov't can't pay for healthcare costs for 9/11 volunteer workers but they can cover an illegal, pregnant, HIV positive African woman who's carrying around false documents at airports

Some get it, some don't. Everything was done under existing law and regulation. WHEN you are put in custody the Government is responsible for your welfare. That's the rules. I certainly wish she could be deported post haste. Because there are few "hard workers" in the government, things just stumble along for months and months. The ire and hatred should be directed at the government that can't seem to do what it is supposed to do. Not at people that are simply trying to escape hell. She has absolutely no control over it. She has to do what she is told. The "homeland insecurity" system is broken. It's loaded with do-nothing, "don't rock the boat" federal employees with all the benefits, vacation, comp time and waiting for a fat retirement who take 2 hour (not kidding, I was a fed, and we could leave at noon and come back at 2:00) lunches. These people just want something better than they had at home. A very, very small percentage are criminals, yet the haters here call her an "illegal alien." Nope. She broke a law and is paying for it. Still has a B1-B2 visa. Nobody was covering her until she was arrested. She has no more rights to services than anyone else EXCEPT she is on release in a criminal matter. If some agency sees fit to help her, fine.

And the false docs? We don't even know what they are, but I recall having fake I.D.'s in high school. Busted at the Oronoka. Ellen took no prisoners (but let me drink beer in the kitchen with John Kobritz).

And SoF'dUp. What part about NOT ILLEGAL and "she should be deported" don't you get? Turn of the hate radio and try not to be a parrot. And on paying into the system: what's funny is the social security and medicare systems are actually somewhat dependent - get this - on false document filings. Actual illegals with false ss#'s pay millions and millions into the sytem annually and never receive any benefit from the payments, for obvious reason: THEY'RE ILLEGAL. Just a comment, not a position. SS can use all the free money it gets. None of this is right, and I agree with many of the posters (except for the spitting haters). Something's truly wrong. It's the Homeland Security Full Employment Act. That and the crippling inabilities caused by Agency "Rulemaking" that creates additional layers of unnecessary bureacracy.

This is not a liberal/conservative issue, believe it or not. The conservative ticket loves the immigration of the cheapest labor they can find, since they can't find U.S. citizens to do the lowest of the workload. Bush, and the "thinking" conservatives pushed the Immigration bill in 2007, but talk radio got ahold of it and fed the Amercian public with so many lies nobody knew what to do. "Illegal aliens" is a great political football. Just look at the posts here. It almost guarantees votes. Big Labor, generally supporting the left, wants NOTHING to do with immigration. I think you've got your wires crossed on who is behind what with your "Libs" babbling.