I don’t think green cards are indefinite. He should have done the follow-up to be here legally.
Either our immigration laws mean something, or they do not.
Having a green card means he is here legally. Period.
“I don’t think green cards are indefinite.”
No, my Canadian GF is a green-card holder. It’s only for 10 years. Normally, people go to citizenship before it expires but I do know some green-card holders who have been here 30 years and they still are green-card holders. All they do is keep renewing. Their decision..
So, either he has a green card, in which case this is ridiculous, or he "had" a green card and let it expire, in which case it isn't.
Agreed, its on him for not having followed through with citizenship.
On the one hand, the law should be applied indiscriminately, as that is how to fairly apply it. On the other hand, there are many more threatening illegals to be dealt with than a Polish doctor who has been here 40 years. This does make one wonder about the priorities (or goals) of the ICE folks involved. But maybe there is also more to the story?
Green card issued before 1989 expires when you leave the country permanently, deported or die