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TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
Fri Jan 5, 2018, 02:48 AM Jan 2018

Paraplegic 6-year-olds Daddy faces deportation

Source: MSN/USA Today

CINCINNATI — A 27-year-old auto mechanic is stopped by police for driving, for a second time, without a driver's license.

The man, who is living in the United States illegally, is sentenced to 30 days in the Butler County, Ohio, jail and then turned over to federal immigration authorities, who begin the deportation process.

His lawyer appeals to allow him to stay.

It would appear to be a commonplace deportation case, except that the future of a 6-year-old boy hangs in the balance. The fact is, it's an example of the complicated, messy, no-win, real-life situations that U.S. immigration policy must untangle.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/paraplegic-6-year-old%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98daddy%E2%80%99-faces-deportation/ar-BBHT7fc

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Paraplegic 6-year-olds Daddy faces deportation (Original Post) TomCADem Jan 2018 OP
The sheriff in Butler County is especially rough on immigrants. nt No Vested Interest Jan 2018 #1
So Is The One in Warren County, True Blue American Jan 2018 #2
what would happen in a better society... woundedkarma Jan 2018 #3
 

woundedkarma

(498 posts)
3. what would happen in a better society...
Fri Jan 5, 2018, 08:39 AM
Jan 2018

He'd be assigned a social worker. He'd be sentenced to taking driving classes until he can pass the driving test and get his license. There would be no jail sentence.

Until that happened, he'd be assigned some charity that helps people get to and from work/groceries.

That's what would happen if America weren't broken.

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