Most news accounts on the Jessica Colotl case, that of a DREAMer activist whose DACA status was revoked for having an arrest record, and is being sent back home to Puebla, Mexico, carefully outline the typical narrative in such cases.  They're all honor students.  They're all achievers.  They're all children forced to come to the U.S. through no fault of their own, via their parents, who brought them here illegally.  They're all victims of circumstance and "unwitting" political activists.  They're all wonderful citizens in all but name only, save for that one little lack of papers.  They're all entitled. There's never any dimension to the narrative – which is why Colotl's case is being painted as an outrage in lower-quality news reporting outfits, such as Fox News, and with a bit more disguised objectivity in the likes of the New York Times.  Breitbart may be an exception, but it...(Read Full Post)