J.J. (and Andy, I think, too) in re the imprisoned Border Patrol agents, seem to be hovering on the edge of saying “fiat justitia ruat coelum.”
Which is a very fine principle, and one I fully endorse in normal circumstances.
It is not, however, a principle that can be advanced with a straight face by this administration or its supporters in the immigration sphere. It and they sold the pass on that when they decided that so far as our nation’s immigration laws are concerned, it would be kinder’n’gentler (or electorally advantageous, or appreciated by big-money party supporters, or a pleasant courtesy to that nice Mr. Fox, or something) if justitia were non fiat.
As you sow, so shall you reap. If the White House and DoJ will not enforce immigration law, they should not be surprised to hear hoots of derision when, in the case of Compean and Ramos, they come on all wide-eyed innocence saying: “Heck, we’re just enforcing the law.”