ICE detains green card-holder after nearly 40 years in the US - Page 4

dreamer12345 · 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Got_Daca

There you have it

It is a DUI

Pleaded guilty = Convicted in the eyes of ICE

Actually, it was changed recently to just being detained without being guilty

Got_Daca · 01-22-2018, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by dreamer12345

Actually, it was changed recently to just being detained being guilty

No it didn't change to that

Stop lying

dreamer12345 · 01-22-2018, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Got_Daca

No it didn't change to that

Stop lying

It most certainly did

TechnoElectro · 01-22-2018, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by dreamer12345

Actually, it was changed recently to just being detained without being guilty

where?

jwxie518 · 01-22-2018, 03:06 AM

He needs a good lawyer and appeal to the court. A minor charge like this should be not forgiven. It's been what? 20,30 years since he committed it?

AztecAztec · 01-22-2018, 04:41 AM

"He was charged with domestic violence in 2013 and a jury found him not guilty after a trial, record show. He has traffic violations including speeding and careless driving, court records show." according to MLive.

I think there is more to this than the headline. Anyway, he should have naturalized 20 years ago. Not like he didn't have the money.....

APinfo · 01-22-2018, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Got_Daca

There you have it

It is a DUI

Pleaded guilty = Convicted in the eyes of ICE

It is not the DWI. It's not a CIMT or deportable offense for a GC holder.

Swim19 · 01-22-2018, 09:49 AM

Here's more info on his past:

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According to his “notice to appear” from the Department of Homeland Security, Niec’s detention stems from two misdemeanor convictions from 26 years ago. In January 1992, Niec was convicted of malicious destruction of property under $100. In April of that year, he was convicted of receiving and concealing stolen property over $100 and a financial transaction device.

Because Niec was convicted of two crimes involving “moral turpitude,” stemming from two separate incidents, he is subject to removal, immigration authorities wrote in the notice to appear, citing the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Both of the offenses took place when he was a teenager.He associated himself “with some bad people” his sister said. The first of the incidents involved an altercation with a driver after a car crash, Niec’s sister said. He was one of multiple teenagers in the car at the time.

The second of those convictions was eventually expunged from his criminal record, his sister said, as part of a guilty plea through Michigan’s Holmes Youthful Trainee Act, a program intended to help young offenders avoid the stigma of a criminal conviction. But even though the crime was scrubbed off his public record, it can still be used against him for removal from the country, his sister said.

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According to Kalamazoo County court records cited by MLive, Niec also pleaded guilty in 2008 to operating impaired by liquor. After he completed probation, the conviction was set aside, the plea withdrawn and the case dismissed. He was also charged with domestic violence in 2013 and a jury found him not guilty after a trial, MLive reported.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.b607e1dace10

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Niec’s record has multiple blemishes. But his wife insists that he is not a risk to the public. When he renewed his permanent green card a few years ago, he was given a “false sense of security,” that it would be enough, she said.

nationalsfan · 01-22-2018, 11:33 AM

jeez, crimes that were expunged from his record 26 years ago are the reason he's getting deported?

Also, he was acquitted on the domestic violence charge, so that can't be used against him.

APinfo · 01-22-2018, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by nationalsfan

jeez, crimes that were expunged from his record 26 years ago are the reason he's getting deported?

Also, he was acquitted on the domestic violence charge, so that can't be used against him.

Damn. I wonder how it will work out with the immigration judge. It's a little ridiculous, considering he was 17 at the time. But then again, the law says any GC holder convicted of 2 or from 2 separate events (if I remember correctly). Poor guy. He should have applied for his citizenship 34yrs ago!

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ICE detains green card-holder after nearly 40 years in the US - Page 4