It's called amnesty by policy. Remember that USCIS memo that was released last month? It's been going on for years through all the administrations. All illegal aliens with little to no criminal history are always able to bond out and go back to living in the US and even get work permits until they see the immigration judge which is usually a year or 3 down the road. It's only a shock to some people because most folks think once an illegal alien is arrested, that they are sent back to wherever they are a citizen of. That just not the case and never has been. Our problem here in AZ is that it's extremely hard to deport criminal aliens both legal and illegal because we fall under the 9th Circuit and we have our arms tied which isn't the fault of our administration. Obama actually wants us to focus on criminal aliens since there's millions of them here.