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Coffee Farmer in Hawaii Loses Deportation Battle, Returns to Mexico

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07-09-2017, 06:30 AM
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A coffee farmer in Hawaii who appealed his deportation order in federal court was forced to leave the island late Friday, after a last-ditch effort to remain with his wife and children was denied, according to NBC-affiliate KNHL.

Andres Magana Ortiz said goodbye to his wife and his three children at Kona International Airport late Friday after the Department of Homeland Security rejected his lawyer’s petition to grant him legal status because he is married to a U.S. citizen, KNHL said.

Ortiz voluntarily left Hawaii to return to Mexico, where he told reporters that he no longer has family. The 43-year-old was smuggled in to the U.S. when he was 15 in order to join his mother.

Since then, he's started his own coffee farm in Hawaii’s Kona region and became a well-respected member of his community, KNHL said.

“Very, very sad and very disappointed in many ways, but there’s not much I can do,” Ortiz said. "Just follow what I have to do and hopefully, in a little bit, things can get better."

Ortiz had been working to obtain legal citizenship in the United States for nearly three decades, and his daughter — who is a U.S. citizen — had recently filed for permission to allow him to remain in the country as the relative of a citizen. But in March, while those applications were pending, the government ordered him to report for removal.

The case was brought to the attention of Hawaii’s congressional delegation who lobbied for the farmer to remain in the country.

But in May, Ortiz gained national attention after his lawyers appealed the order in San Francisco’s Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Judge Stephen Reinhardt blasted the Trump administration’s decision to deport Ortiz, calling it “inhumane.”

“President Trump has claimed that his immigration policies would target the 'bad hombres,'" Reinhardt said. “The government decision in the immigration case shows that even the 'good hombres' are not safe.”

Despite his personal opinions about Ortiz’s case, Reinhardt said he was forced to turn down the request to delay the deportation “because we do not have the authority to grant it.”

He added that, as a judge, he understood why he had to enforce the order but, as a citizen, he struggled to see the merits of breaking up a family.

“He will be returned to Mexico, having spent 28 years successfully building a life and family in this country," Reinhardt said. "The government forces us to participate in ripping apart a family."

It could be up to 10 years before Ortiz is allowed back in the country, KNHL said.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...c-rss_20170708

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07-09-2017, 09:12 AM
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Why was he ordered to be deported again? The article doesn't say .
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Why was he ordered to be deported again? The article doesn't say .
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Immigration authorities began removal proceedings in 2011, but he was granted permission to stay. In the mean time, his wife and one of his daughters, who will soon turn 21, filed for permission to allow him to remain as the relative of a U.S. citizen.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...humane-n766376

It still doesn't say why removal proceedings started in 2011.
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It still doesn't say why removal proceedings started in 2011.

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Magana Ortiz has been convicted twice of driving under the influence, one of which occurred 14 years ago, according to the judge’s opinion. But he has no other criminal history, and was at most fined for both convictions, Reinhardt said, adding that his driving record was not the basis of his removal.
He was EWI with two DUI's, but never did time in jail.
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So his wife was a citizen? Why didn't they file to adjust his status?
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So his wife was a citizen? Why didn't they file to adjust his status?
EWI and the order probably.
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So his wife was a citizen? Why didn't they file to adjust his status?


EWI and 2 DUIS


I hate to say it but thats one DUI too many
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EWI and 2 DUIS


I hate to say it but thats one DUI too many
So one DUI wouldve been fine?
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No.

1 DUI is unacceptable.

No excuses.
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Sad story but DUI is tough to defend
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