One definite take away from this is that government can and does take way too many liberties away from individuals.
The so-called "war on drugs" is a clear example of this - and is almost single-handedly responsible for the ballooning of the US prison population to some 2.15 million people - by far the highest value in the World.
And the truth is that the very roots of the "war on drugs" are mired in fraudulent deceit. I demonstrate such adequately here.
It is a shame that due to such, these two individuals have to live beyond the borders of the nation that they settled in. May they never fall into the clutches of the enforcers of the true villains in office.