Well that really sucks and i for one am sorry to hear this. Amazing how our government operates.

Helicopter - $250 - $1000 an hour to operate
Inmate Cost per year -50K - times 10 years is 500K
Trial Cost and Fees - 5k-50k (a quess)

so your single case alone cost the usa anywhere from 250k to 550k instead the governemt can legalize, treat you as a farmer and tax you and actually make money while getting the country out of a hole

what a shame, like i said earlier best of luck to you and i hope that somehow things work out