Spouse of U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan deported, 12-year-old daughter left without parents

[tulc]

Spouse of U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan deported, 12-year-old daughter left without parents

PHOENIX - Immigration officials have deported the spouse of a U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving the couple’s 12-year-old daughter, Evelyn Gonzalez Vieyra a U.S. citizen, in Phoenix without parents, according to the deported man's lawyer.

Jose Gonzalez Carranza, 30, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers last Monday on his way to his welding job and then deported to Nogales, Mexico, on Wednesday, said Ezequiel Hernandez, a Phoenix attorney.

Reached by phone, Gonzalez said he has been living in a shelter for deported migrants in Nogales, Mexico, a city he doesn't know, and is worried about his daughter.

"I feel so bad," Gonzalez said. "I'm thinking about, I might never see her again."

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[Sketcher]

I feel bad for the daughter. What was ICE's case against him? That matters.

 

[The Barbarian]

What matters is that this is a betrayal of an American soldier, who gave her life for us, only to have the surviving parent taken from her child.

Apparently, the outcry was sufficient to shame even the current administration to reverse itself. Dad has been returned home.
Husband of fallen soldier who was deported returns to Phoenix

 

[HannahT]

I feel bad for the daughter. What was ICE's case against him? That matters.

I was reading another article, and apparently he didn't show up for hearings because they sent notices to the wrong house. Not sure if he moved or they just didn't have the right one. When you don't come to hearings you take risk of deportation. He was here illegally, but married the soldier that was killed. He did get granted what is known as parole in place, which allows immigrants in the country illegally to remain in the U.S. without the threat of deportation. THat was due to his widow status of a soldier. Yet, that was after ICE caught up to him after the hearings he didn't show up for.

In other words, it was mess. It's to bad he didn't have decent representation at the time, because the notices to court would have found him. Then he wouldn't have had to experience this.

 

[Sketcher]

I was reading another article, and apparently he didn't show up for hearings because they sent notices to the wrong house. Not sure if he moved or they just didn't have the right one. When you don't come to hearings you take risk of deportation. He was here illegally, but married the soldier that was killed. He did get granted what is known as parole in place, which allows immigrants in the country illegally to remain in the U.S. without the threat of deportation. THat was due to his widow status of a soldier. Yet, that was after ICE caught up to him after the hearings he didn't show up for.

In other words, it was mess. It's to bad he didn't have decent representation at the time, because the notices to court would have found him. Then he wouldn't have had to experience this.

Yeah, he didn't show up for the hearings, but on what basis did ICE re-file the case? What did they have on him outside of his immigration status? That's what I was getting at.

 

[The Barbarian]

"Oh it was all a mistake; we just didn't get the right address to notify him."

As not bad for short notice. But why, when they grabbed him, didn't anyone listen to him then?
Not a very convincing one.

 

[FireDragon76]

What matters is that this is a betrayal of an American soldier, who gave her life for us, only to have the surviving parent taken from her child.

Apparently, the outcry was sufficient to shame even the current administration to reverse itself. Dad has been returned home.
Husband of fallen soldier who was deported returns to Phoenix

Good.

 

[The Barbarian]

I was reading another article, and apparently he didn't show up for hearings because they sent notices to the wrong house. Not sure if he moved or they just didn't have the right one. When you don't come to hearings you take risk of deportation.

I wonder how often they've played that game since Trump took office.

 

[HannahT]

I wonder how often they've played that game since Trump took office.

They have played that prior to Trump.

Citizens get into hot water for not showing up for court too.

 

[HannahT]

Yeah, he didn't show up for the hearings, but on what basis did ICE re-file the case? What did they have on him outside of his immigration status? That's what I was getting at.

These articles normally don't get into that. WHO knows the government has done stupid stuff for years on end, and it won't stop now.