Thanks, man. It kind of sucks, too, my cousin ALMOST got out of it. My parents talked to him yesterday at the holding center he was at, here's how he says it happened: So after the bus got stopped and searched, he got pulled off for not having an ID and taken to a police station, and here's how the conversation went:
Officer: So you don't have your ID with you? Well, what's your name?
Cousin: (gives name, Asfal or something--don't know how to spell it xD)
Officer: Hmm, okay, let me look you up on the database and ask you a few questions...ahh, there you are! Asfal whatever...hmm, you speak English well enough, no previous arrests, no criminal record, you're here legally, and you'll be taking the citizenship exam soon. You just didn't have any ID on you. No driver's license or anything like that?
Cousin: No sir, I don't even have a car (my cousin is a hardcore environmentalist)
Officer: Ah, okay. You should have brought your immigration papers with you, though.
Cousin: I didn't think I'd need them because I wasn't crossing any state or country borders.
Officer: Okay, that's true. Well, you've been polite and cooperative, you don't have any criminal record at all, so I think we can let you go. Sorry for the trouble, and have a happy Thanksgiving.
Cousin: Really? Great! Thanks!
Officer #2 pops in: Hey, is that the guy from the bus? No ID on him, off to jail he goes!
Officer #1: D:
Cousin: D:!!!!!!
So yeah, he probably could have come to our place for thanksgiving yesterday if it hadn't been for that second officer ~_~ Still, though, he's not being mistreated or anything. The first officer took a liking to him, so he made sure my cousin got to stay at a holding center rather than a real jail or penitentiary with other dangerous inmates. He should also go out of that soon enough, because we got him a really great immigration lawyer. Only problem is that there's no judge available (they're all busy and it's the day after Thanksgiving) and he needs to go to court to clear all this up, but he should manage to solve the problem by the end of this weekend ^^ Thank God he's alright, that's definitely something to be thankful for
Anyways, now that we know my cousin's going to be okay, we'll be inviting some friends over and having thanksgiving today, so it all turned out okay in the end.
I also got Dracula Chronicles and Front Mission for the DS today, so yaaaay