Deportation Please.

For Jaime Alvarado, the same law he was running from was also keeping him safe.

Utah resident Jaime Alvarado was caught in possession with drugs and facing a potential 15 years in prison when he lied to officials and said that he was an illegal alien. He was quickly deported to his home in Mexico and didn't have to serve any time behind bars.

To avoid an already overused and busy prison, law enforcement officers thought it would be easier to deport Alvarado instead of issuing him into the prison system.

The prison was soon discovered and their schemes exploited when Alvarado returned to the United States with his U.S. issued passport.

On top of the charges for possessing and intending to sell illegal drugs, "Salt Lake County prosecutors charged Alvarado with an additional felony and a misdemeanor for lying about his identity in 2010 to the judge, police officers and federal immigration officers. A $50,000 warrant has been issued for his arrest."

Alvarado is an American citizen, but could end up getting what he originally wanted, deportation back to Mexico. After serving his duly deserved prison sentence, Alvarado faces possible permanent deportation to the country he emigrated from.

Alvarado has young daughters who he didn't want to abandon in the first place by being sentenced to jail. He now faces the threat of being separated from them a lot longer than he bargained for.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/03/man-avoids-jail-by-faking-illegal-immigrant-status-2058564569/