Posted on 04/12/2009 1:39:55 PM PDT by Chet 99
Pedro Guzman has been an American citizen all his life. Yet in 2007, the 31-year-old Los Angeles native — in jail for a misdemeanor, mentally ill and never able to read or write — signed a waiver agreeing to leave the country without a hearing and was deported to Mexico as an illegal immigrant.
For almost three months, Guzman slept in the streets, bathed in filthy rivers and ate out of trash cans while his mother scoured the city of Tijuana, its hospitals and morgues, clutching his photo in her hand. He was finally found trying to cross the border at Calexico, 100 miles away.
These days, back home in California, "He just changes from one second to another. His brain jumps back to when he was missing," said his brother, Michael Guzman. "We just talk to him and reassure him that everything is fine and nobody is going to hurt him."
In a drive to crack down on illegal immigrants, the United States has locked up or thrown out dozens, probably many more, of its own citizens over the past eight years. A monthslong AP investigation has documented 55 such cases, on the basis of interviews, lawsuits and documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. These citizens are detained for anything from a day to five years. Immigration lawyers say there are actually hundreds of such cases.
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I will wager anything you want that these people didn’t speak a word of English.
The insular ethnic communities have only themselves to blame.
I am not going to lose any sleep about what this guy’s community did to him.
Sounds like someone we should do everything in our power to keep on this side of the Border. /sarc
Of course the leftist media can’t see the benefits of deporting the illegal aliens and want to turn this into a series of sob stories to manipulate public opinion. I’m not buying and don’t give a damn how many “citizens” were deported.
Amusing anecdote. Blurs the issues and directs the mind of your average ABC viewer-droid toward the proper conclusion...
Yet another sob story on illegal aliens.
Anybody else catch this———————>”of its own citizens over the past eight years”?
Problem is...it isn’t about illegal aliens. It’s about deporting our own citizens.
While some of you may actually be okay with deporting our own citizens, I find it quite scary. What kind of precedent is this setting? What will stop Obomination from deporting any of us?
ABC is owned by corporate America, and they want cheap labor. It is as simple as that. So stop feeling sorry for them when Obama goes after their CEO pay and bonuses. They deserve each other.
I’m not stupid enough to sign a document agreeing to let the govt deport me.
Here is the problem, the guy wasn’t an Illegal Alien...
So I’m guessing you have read through every single document you’ve ever signed? Every time you’ve clicked the box online? You’ve read every line? Because unless you have, you are stupid enough to sign a document allowing the government to do whatever they want to you.
I’m just glad no one on this thread has brought up the Constitution. That little document can be such a nuisance sometimes.
So what.. Ever been to Greek town or China town?? From what I have read this guy couldn’t learn anything at all..
Granted it is, but he is an AMERICAN CITIZEN we don’t deport AMERICAN CITIZENS regardless..
I agree. What’s so hard about saying the deportation was an unfortunate error?
It is.
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