US mistakenly deports citizen

Post #265,681 by JayMehaffey 8/23/06 2:45:20 PM Reply	US mistakenly deports citizen [link\|http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CITIZENSHIP_SURPRISE?SITE=ALANN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\|Anniston Star] Duarnis Perez became an American citizen when he was 15, but he didn't find out until after he had been deported and then jailed for trying to get back into the country. He was facing his second deportation hearing when he learned he was already a U.S. citizen. Still, federal prosecutors fought to keep him in custody. Amusingly bizzare case. Duarnis became a US citizen when his mother was naturalized, I assume because he was still a child at the time. But nobody told him that. He was then arrested and deported for a drug offense. And then arrested for trying to reenter the US from Canada. And then things get questionable. After a few years in jail he discovered that legally he was a citizen, meaning his entry into the US wasn't a crime. He had to sue the government to get released, as the Immigration Services argued that he should not be set free despite admiting that he was wrongly convicted. It also remains an open question just how long the government was aware that he was a citizen. Cases like this really tick me off. The government is under no obligation to investigate these things for people, but if they become aware that there is a problem they have an obligation to fix them. And if it turns out that the officals where aware at either of his trials that he was a citizen, then somebody prosecuted on knowingly false grounds and should be going to jail themselves. Jay
Post #265,689 by jb4 8/23/06 5:13:23 PM Reply	It's just CYA, at the Federal level If they were to free him, the fucknutz that put him there in the first place would be sued to wihin an inch of his/her pension. And in any case the INS is gonna have to shell out some green, to someone whose a little too brown. jb4 "So don't pay attention to the approval ratings that say 68% of Americans disapprove of the job this man is doing. I ask you this, does that not also logically mean that 68% approve of the job he's not doing? Think about it. I haven't." — Stephen Colbert, at the White House Correspondent's Dinner 29Apr06
Post #265,714 by Simon_Jester 8/23/06 9:54:14 PM Reply	Cough. He was deported for drug possession. I can't give him a free pass on that either. If they thought he was a US citizen then, they would've locked him up. It does point out one thing that truly bothers me though- for all the talk by the neo-cons about protecting our border, faint (if any) consideration is given to who is going to decide who is a US citizen and what that criteria will be.
Post #265,748 by boxley 8/24/06 9:52:19 AM Reply	Homeland Security decides who gets to be a citizen 2 methods, born on US soil (embassy, army base) naturalization. Under the new rules since 911 commiting a felony can have your naturalization revoked and deported if you were the prime naturalizee. Probably would not apply to a naturalized minor. Here are the requirements, also note the 14th ammendment. [link\|http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/services/natz/index.htm\|http://www.uscis.gov...es/natz/index.htm] thanx, bill Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
Post #265,717 by Meerkat 8/23/06 11:36:19 PM Reply	That's OK, we do that and more :( Take [link\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Rau\|Cornelia Rau], who was wrongly imprisoned as a suspect illegal immigrant for 10 months, because no one was able to diagnose her schizophrenia... Or [link\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Solon\|Vivan Solon] - where it seems the Austarlian government was able to hide the fact she was wrongly deported, for two years. The sad part is that her family had listed her as a missing person as they didn't even know she had been deported... Sigh. Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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