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Yes, he should be deported, but I also think there's more to the story. You said he's an acquaintance not friend or close friend. What you're telling us may be exactly as it was told to you, but he is leaving out some gaps or sanitizing the details to make his case look more innocent than it really is.
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I know he has been a good friend, productive worker for 10 years according to my longtime friends. I know he has been in this country for 35 years, working, paying taxes, making a life. He is a father of a high school American, A student. I know he was arrested for dui, his first arrest, which was a very bad decision. Anyone want to say they never drove drunk?
I think there are some real hard asses here.
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He came to the US at age 9 (basically a tween) but speaks no Spanish? Then how does he/did communicate with his father? You don't forget how to speak a language just like that.
Sounds to me like he knew full well he was here illegally. I once heard it's common for Mexicans/Mexican-Americans in the Southwest to refuse to speak Spanish so as to not be mistaken for an illegal immigrant.
I know he has been a good friend, productive worker for 10 years according to my longtime friends. I know he has been in this country for 35 years, working, paying taxes, making a life. He is a father of a high school American, A student. I know he was arrested for dui, his first arrest, which was a very bad decision. Anyone want to say they never drove drunk?
I think there are some real hard asses here.
So he is working a job that American could have had? Yes, there are Americans who have driven drunk but they can't be deported. Illegal aliens can be and should be.
An acquaintance, let's call him Felipe, has been in America for 35 years. His father immigrated with him when he was 9. He raised a family, worked, paid his taxes, but never got full paperwork, since he was 9, to prove he is a citizen. His dad became a naturalized citizen 19 years ago.
Felipe was arrested for dui last week. He has no prior record. After the arrest he finds out he has no legal documents, even after being here for 35 years. He doesn't speak Spanish. Has no family in Mexico. He has a son he raises, an American citizen 15 years old, because the former wife died two years ago.
He was drunk when arrested, his dad had died the day before his arrest.
Do you think he should he be deported?
How did he converse with his Parents? The chance of him not knowing Spanish? Zero.
What was he doing for 9 years, using sign language? More lies. No one spends 10 plus years listening, speaking to, a language to forget it. Especially with so many Spanish speakers here.
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I know he has been a good friend, productive worker for 10 years according to my longtime friends. I know he has been in this country for 35 years, working, paying taxes, making a life. He is a father of a high school American, A student. I know he was arrested for dui, his first arrest, which was a very bad decision. Anyone want to say they never drove drunk?
I think there are some real hard asses here.
The question should be: Has anyone here ever broken the law and gotten off scott free because of a compelling sob story?
So much doesn't add up. Felipe has been here illegally for 35 years. The 1986 amnesty was 29 years ago. Since that amnesty, there have been several stealth amnesties. Why wasn't he amnestied at some point?
He didn't find out that he had no legal documents until he was arrested? Questions---How did he get a SSN? How did he get a drivers license?
I find it hard to believe that he didn't discover that he was an illegal alien until he got arrested. Even the odious, vile illegal alien, Jose Antonio Vargas, discovered that he was an illegal when he came of age.
Either you don't have the full story or you are withholding parts of it. Hmmm...
And, yes, he needs to be deported. He is here illegally and never made any effort to get in on one of the amnesties.
An acquaintance, let's call him Felipe, has been in America for 35 years. His father immigrated with him when he was 9. He raised a family, worked, paid his taxes, but never got full paperwork, since he was 9, to prove he is a citizen. His dad became a naturalized citizen 19 years ago.
Felipe was arrested for dui last week. He has no prior record. After the arrest he finds out he has no legal documents, even after being here for 35 years. He doesn't speak Spanish. Has no family in Mexico. He has a son he raises, an American citizen 15 years old, because the former wife died two years ago.
He was drunk when arrested, his dad had died the day before his arrest.
Do you think he should he be deported?
NO, not even a little bit!
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No, I NEVER drove drunk and never will. Period.
