Ice: Above The Law?

http://www.opednews.com/populum/page.php?a=94143

this is unbelievable! how can they do such a thing? I feel bad for the guy that had to go through this. He should definitely sue ICE!

That's horrible. Couldn't they review his file BEFORE putting him in jail?! Five years is a long time he's spent in prison, especially when he turned out to be a citizen of this country all along.

Whoever was involved in his deportation could likely be fired & sanctioned from DHS not to mention he can sue for quite a bit of money from the Federal government now that his US Citizenship status has been confirmed.

Wow, that is absolutely insane.

I would definitely sue their ass. I would sue for economic, emotional, and any other costs to my persona. I would go for all of their blood. I feel for the guy. That is a long time to be in prison.

I feel for the guy but how ignorant can you be not to know I mean didn't the mom ever ask or even tried to help him become legal. I'm amazed just how stupid some people are this guy had a good future and through it away for not asking or looking for help. How can ICE not know either don't they do a background check on people or something where was his mom.

obviously its ridiculous that ICE actually deported him but its ironic how hard it is to prove that someone is a citizen. From what I heard one just needs to claim that they are a citizen, to be considered one.

The fact that He thought he was an illegal immigrant seems a little strange, if not completely ridiculous. Obviously his mother had to be a PR before she became a US citizen and for every one to be so uninformed is just purely disgusting. Obviously sometimes undocumented children do not know that they are undocumented how often does it happen the other way around? How can someone be under the impression that they are in the US illegally when they are actually a US citizen.

In my opinion he should sue his guardians or his guardians' laywer along with ICE. They must have talked to one at some point when getting their PR and he should have explained to them that their children would also qualify.

Sickening.

In my opinion he should sue his guardians or his guardians' laywer along with ICE. They must have talked to one at some point when getting their PR and he should have explained to them that their children would also qualify.

I agree partly...... I mean both sides are to be blamed??? where was his mom when he was being deported? why didn't she say something? Didn't this guy know his mom's status?

There seemed to be inconsistencies with the immigration status checks, there had to be at least 3 immigration status inquiries made on this guy's behalf. Before deportation, After he was caught trying to sneak in and before he was put in jail. Strange how all these checks yeilded no results.

There is a case just like this in the phillipines and Nigeria, the only difference is these guys are still stuck in those countries. Atleast Duarnis Perez was able to sneak back in and redeem himself. These guys can't and may never be able to come here again.

See, this bugs me the most. I wonder how this whole thing went down. Did he say he was from the Dominican Republic? Did he finally gave in and said he was undocumented?

I mean when you think about it ICE has no record of people who EWI and that's why CIR is such an important thing. There is no such thing as a citizen's database based on people's names (if there was then the ACLU would be complaining). You can find someone based on their SS# but not based on names alone, because there are multiple John Smiths and so on. And since the guy didn't know he was a USC i don't even think he knew he had a SS#.

Guys, think about it like this. You are driving a car and you do have a DL, but you do not know you have a DL(just as ridiculous as this case) and you get pulled over for speeding. The cop will obviously ask you for your DL and give you a ticket or put you in jail, if you say you don't have one. He isn't going to say "well, i think this guy has a DL but just doesn't know about it. Sure I'll let him slide". Honestly, I don't really understand why everyone here is crucifying ICE based on this case, there are other better examples of their incompetency and ironically in this case it doesn't really seem like they are the ones to blame.

It sucks that he was put in jail for 5 years but he easily could have avoided it. I hate it when people just say "Well, I didn't know" and then want some sort of recompensation, especially when it comes to something as important as their legal status in the US.