Why would a 24 year old illegal be playing with fire & why wasn't he deported before for the drug charges?

Why was Pastel playing with fire?--who knows maybe he was refilling his marijuana cigarette lighter, or maybe he`s a "firebug" and gets his kicks from watching fires...But him rising up to a manager of a store shows that this country is still a "land of opportunity", but it does check an employee applicant's background as it should...Why he has not been deported-having "rubbed shoulders" with police of his town before?..Maybe because it was "too much paper work" for the cops, or because India is much farther than Mexico...Maybe they should just stick him in with 100 other illegals from Mexico or Guatemala, hoping no one will notice the difference, and deport him there (saving taxpayers 1000`s of $$ in airfare.) and making it easier & less "paper work" for ICE.