Does Punishment Fit the Crime?

Under federal immigration laws, foreigners convicted of any gun crime -- no matter how minor -- face automatic deportation. Consider the case of bus driver Elwyn Lehman. While driving singer CeCe Williams to Washington, D.C., Williams was invited to the White House. When they arrived, and a search of the bus began, Lehman told agents he had a gun on the bus. His honesty didn't do him any good. Lehman is a Canadian citizen -- though he's lived in the U.S. for 15 years. Now he faces deportation.

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