"Immigration fraud cases like this potentially pose a threat to national security," said Jeffrey G. Collins, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, "and that's why we are vigorously prosecuting the case, including prosecuting an employee of the entity that was supposed to protect us".
Straw donors have been vigorously prosecuted in the past.
Punters who cruise red-light districts will be vigorously prosecuted and publicly shamed.
But if charges were brought by a grand jury or his office, Choi said the case would be vigorously prosecuted.
"Anybody in America who would use this opportunity to threaten our citizens" would be vigorously prosecuted, he said.
This was not a hands-off policy; AT&T's nationwide telecoms monopoly was broken up, and price-fixing arrangements were vigorously prosecuted.
Richard A. Brown, the Queens district attorney, said, "This case will be vigorously prosecuted in order to secure a measure of justice for the victim and her family".
If history is any guide, Ms. Rubin will be vigorously prosecuted under a tough state law that prohibits images of child nudity "for the purpose of sexual stimulation or gratification of any person who may view such depiction".
"Regardless, however, whether a hate crime was committed in this case, the crime will be vigorously prosecuted and we will seek the most serious penalties that our law allows".
They've used the opportunity to push back against the "broken windows theory" of law enforcement, in which low-level crimes are vigorously prosecuted as a way to prevent the occurrence of more major infractions.
Grant ordered federal troops in the state who then captured the Klan; who were vigorously prosecuted by Att.
