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I would have posted this in the illegal immigration section but was concerned about the political debate & controversy of the subject.
He's a freaking U.S. citizen!
Don't you read your own source material????
I would think that the headline would have been a dead give away.
Once Undocumented, Now a Lawman: Santa Cruz Police Officer Blazes a Rare Trail
or the last paragraph!
"Of course Miguel's entry into the country was concerning," says Deputy Chief Clark. "But he eventually corrected that and became a citizen. Anyone who would question Miguel's commitment to this country or the law obviously doesn't know Miguel. We are proud to have him as an officer in our department."
Entering the U.S. illegally is not a criminal offense, and even if it were, most departments don't dwell on juvenile offenses committed decades before offering employment to an applicant.
Par for the course for many people - read headline, make sweeping assumptions, be outraged, marginalize an individual, extrapolate to an entire demographic, condemn, demand changes to the law, continue downward spiral into idiocy.
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