Should State Senator Curt Thompson, go to jail for hiding an illegal?

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The wife of a Georgia legislator known for his strong support of immigrants' rights is in hiding after federal agents came to their home on Tuesday with an order to deport her to her native Colombia, said her lawyer. In a written statement issued on Wednesday, State Senator Curt Thompson, 37, a Democrat, said his wife, Sascha Herrera, 28, missed an immigration-related court hearing in February 2005. Thompson said notices about an asylum application that had been mistakenly filed on her behalf had been sent to the wrong address, causing her to miss the hearing. Because Ms. Herrera did not appear in court, a federal judge issued a deportation order in February 2005, Charles H. Kuck, Ms. Herrera's immigration lawyer, said on Friday. Kuck said Mr. Thompson told him that his wife was not at the couple's home when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrived on Tuesday to take her into custody. Kuck would say only that Ms. Herrera was in a safe place. www.freeinternetpress.com/ www.choice.flashbit.us