Posted on 07/25/2018 2:59:04 AM PDT by Simon Green
A judge on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of an Ecuadorean immigrant who was held for deportation after he delivered pizza to a Brooklyn Army installation.
"Although he stayed in the United States unlawfully and is currently subject to a final order of removal, he has otherwise been a model citizen," U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty wrote of Pablo Villavicencio.
The Manhattan judge said Villavicencio, who was being held at a New Jersey lockup, can remain in the United States while he exhausts his right to try to gain legal status. Villavicencio applied to stay in the U.S. after he married a U.S. citizen, with whom he has two young girls.
The judge cited those children and said they are U.S. citizens.
"He has no criminal history," the judge wrote. "He has paid his taxes. And he has worked diligently to provide for his family."
The U.S. government, which had wanted the case moved from New York to New Jersey, did not immediately comment on the judge's action.
Villavicencio walked out of the immigration detention center shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday and was greeted with hugs from his jubilant wife and two young daughters. He thanked supporters and the media before being whisked away in an SUV.
Adriene Holder, the attorney-in-charge of the civil practice at the Legal Aid Society, said the rule of "law, humanity and morality" prevailed and the Villavicencio family has "finally received a crucial measure of relief from their 53-day nightmare."
"This decision should serve as a rebuke against the Trump Administration and its merciless crusade to tear families apart," Holder said in a statement.
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He has no criminal history,” the judge wrote
Then why was he under an order for removal...
Bush appointee....
Poor judge doesn’t understand the meaning of illegal
Paid his taxes? Somehow I doubt he filed his income taxes with the state or federal government.
“he has otherwise been a model citizen”
Uh, he’s not a citizen.
That’s the whole point.
From one of the posters commenting:
Juan1 hour ago
Whoever is agaisnt this. Think about your grandparents they came here illigaly from Europe to the Spanish land
So, #1 he admits some part of this continent was under Spanish rule.
#2 there were 11 other nation here, at some point, right along with Spain.
Heck, even Russia was here in Northern California...
I’ll skip the idiocy about grandparents coming here illegally
Bush appointee but, the order for deportation was made by Obama administration so, we are only following through on his orders.
How is this about Trump? /s
Justice in the court. Justice in the street. Black robed tyrants should also be subject to justice.
Some laws are okay to break. You’re not allowed to know which ones will be enforced until you try breaking them. Way to much trouble to change them, though.
He is a citizen...of Ecuador
He paid his payroll taxes?
“Although he stayed in the United States unlawfully and is currently subject to a final order of removal, he has otherwise been a model citizen,” U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty wrote of Pablo Villavicencio.
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No, idiot. He’s not a “model citizen” because he’s not a citizen at all.
Any sane person in this judge’s jurisdiction should petition to have him removed from the bench. Judges do not get to make up law. They enforce law. This is beyond absurd that an illegal that is supposed to be removed is allowed to stay because the judge feels he’s a “model citizen.” He is by definition a lawbreaking illegal migrant.
There we have it people. Judges making up their own laws instead of enforcing the ones on the books. Eff the blak robed thugs
He can’t have paid income taxes, without using an illegal-gained Social Security number.
What Social Security number did he use?
Nor FICA Taxes.
He married an American citizen and had a job not welfare, why is he NOT a citizen? Seems to be the type of immigrant we want.
Someone ought to take the guy’s name and run it through the registered voter listing for the district, and see if he pops up. If he’s paying taxes....I’ll bet he’s registered to vote.
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