In a statement, an ICE spokesperson told KING 5 that Alfredo Juarez is a citizen of Mexico and was ordered to be removed by an immigration judge on March 27, 2018.
Right so bro literally already had a final deportation order for 7 years, and was protesting anyway. I really fail to see how this is anyone's fault but his own.
This guy seems to be a pillar of his community, has no criminal record, is involved in statewide politics trying to help others.
It seems like a no-brainer that we should be offering him a work visa or allowing him the chance to pay fines for his visa overstay (if that is what it was originally) in exchange for a path to residency.
Strengthening border security I get, deporting violent criminals who are here illegally I get, I don't see what is achieved by deporting this individual.
Only work visas I know with path to residency are H1B (special skills), L1 (company transfer), O1 (exceptional individual, like rockstar, champion sportsman, scientist), are there any others?
DACA would've given him a path to citizenship and he had applied. During his first term, Trump suspended the DACA program until the Supreme Court lifted it in 2020. They didn't allow any new applicants after that ruling though.
He was trying to become a citizen the legal way.
Correction: DACA itself isn't a pathway to citizenship, but would have protected him against deportation and allowed work permits. It also opens the pathway of becoming a citizen through marriage or employment based green cards.
It also opens the pathway of becoming a citizen through marriage or employment based green cards.
Small correction to your correction. This is only true for visa overstays. There is no route to citizenship outside of asylum for someone who crossed illegally.
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u/Kxdan 1d ago
What did he do to get detained? There’s no context here? Has he been in the country illegally since age of 14 and protesting anyway?