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DACA Protected Immigrant Who Was Deported Is Now Suing Trump Administration
Jezebel's The Slot ^ | April 19, 2017 | Megan Reynolds

Posted on 04/18/2017 10:01:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Juan Manuel Montes, a Mexican national who is protected under the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals act, is suing the Trump administration after being deported to Mexico in February.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Montes was deported to Mexico without explanation on February 17, despite the fact that his DACA status and work permit were valid. He was approached by Border Patrol agents in Calexico, California and prohibited from getting his wallet from a friend’s car so that he could prove his status, USA Today reports. Three hours later, he was deported to Mexico. If these claims are true, he would be the first DACA-protected undocmented immigrant to face the wrath of Trump’s newly-energized deportation force.

From the Los Angeles Times:

Montes was taken to a Border Patrol station where, he alleges, he was made to sign documents and not allowed to see an immigration judge or attorney. He was also not given copies of the documents he signed, the lawsuit states. In the middle of the night, he was taken to Mexicali, Mexico.

Montes’s attorneys filed a Freedom of Information Act request in March for information on his deportation. The lawsuit filed in a California court on Tuesday is requesting that a judge force Customs and Border Patrol to release the information of their agent’s interaction with Montes. A statement from U.S. Customs and Border Protection says that Montes was arrested for “illegally entering the U.S. by climbing over the fence in downtown Calexico.” But the lawsuit alleges that the incident described by Border Patrol happened days after his initial deportation.

Out of all the horrible immigration reforms President Trump has made in his very short time in office, he has not touched the Obama-era DACA program, though its future could be uncertain under the new administration, like everything else.


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: aliens; border; daca; dreamers; illegals; immigration; mexico; trump
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1 posted on 04/18/2017 10:01:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The guy is a criminal. Shoplifter and 3 times driving illegally without a license. Not a good guy. Gets deported, climbs back over the fence into the USA and is caught, deported again. Screw him and others like him, deport them all.


2 posted on 04/18/2017 10:08:08 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: roadcat

Yep. They all need to go.


3 posted on 04/18/2017 10:11:29 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: All

I’ve a simple question:

If he’s not a citizen, in fact an illegal alien who has already been deported out of the country, how does he have standing or any rights whatsoever to bring a lawsuit forward?

How do the rights of American citizens automatically get conferred to citizens of other non-american countries? Does that mean that now all other countries / nations are bound to abide by the laws and regulations of the USA?


4 posted on 04/18/2017 10:14:23 PM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzrims trying to kill them)
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To: Liz; AuntB; La Lydia; sickoflibs; stephenjohnbanker; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; 2ndDivisionVet; ...

LOL PING


5 posted on 04/18/2017 10:15:38 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Montes was deported to Mexico without explanation
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Duz wez haz ta spel et outa ya ???


6 posted on 04/18/2017 10:17:17 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Utilizer

watch it you’ll be declared guilty of common sense...


7 posted on 04/18/2017 10:18:43 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Utilizer

The short answer is obama and his America killing EO’s and Anti-American policies in general.

He did a lot of damage; DACA should not have happened. I’m not heartless, I do feel for these young people who were brought here illegally as small children and are now teens and adults, but it isn’t our laws they should be mad at. It’s their parents who brought them here knowing they could not live here legally.

I choose to look at it like this. These kids, if they end up having to return to their home country, will go there with skills and an education they could not have gotten in their home country most likely. They have a huge leg up in getting something like a small business going in their country over someone who grew up there. Most of them speak Spanish fluently so that isn’t a problem. Some small minded people in their home countries might have some resentment of them because they do have a better education but if they keep their attitudes in check and don’t act like they are better than anyone else; they might win them over and be able to teach them some skills they otherwise wouldn’t get and just keep spreading what they know until they improve their own country and don’t feel a need to leave.


8 posted on 04/18/2017 10:27:13 PM PDT by Boomer (The MSM and Radicalized Dem Party are One and the SAME!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

End DACA now.
Candidate Trump was correct when he said this was an illegal executive order.


9 posted on 04/18/2017 10:34:54 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Fetch me my clutching pearls.


10 posted on 04/18/2017 10:44:20 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Something is not right about this story.

If he is DACA and had a work permit they wouldn’t just take him and deport.

I await the intel report from Freepers...


11 posted on 04/18/2017 10:52:22 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Vendome

He wasn’t carrying any identification according to the articles on it.


12 posted on 04/18/2017 10:55:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Utilizer
The ACLU argues that once someone has entered US soil, they are entitled to full Constitutional rights.

In fact, with refugees who have not entered the US yet, they are entitled as well.

A terrible position, and it turns the Constitution on its head.

13 posted on 04/18/2017 11:10:21 PM PDT by boop ("I don't know"- Jeff Spicoli)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

DACA requirement:

You must not have been convicted of a felony, significant misdemeanor, three or more other misdemeanors, and must not pose a threat to national security or public safety.

If he’s been shoplifting, etc., I don’t think he qualifies anymore.


14 posted on 04/18/2017 11:11:36 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: Vendome
From what I've read, DACA recipients have to obey US law.

This guy couldn't even keep his nose clean enough to NOT break our laws FOUR times.

I challenge someone to try *that* in another country.

15 posted on 04/18/2017 11:13:03 PM PDT by boop ("I don't know"- Jeff Spicoli)
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To: roadcat
Some thoughts on illegal immigration:

1. The estimate is 10-20 million undocumented/illegals are in the country now.

2. People don't get it. It is not the 10-20 million in the country we need to worry about.

3. Rather, it is the 10-20 million illegals who are waiting to cross the Mexican over the next ten years we also need to guard against.

And the 10-20 million who will try after that. And so on.

4. Imagine this happening. Tomorrow, Trump says that all those 10-20 million illegals in the country now will receive legal status and citizenship.

5. Do you really think that such Trump action will stop illegals from trying to cross the Mexican border starting the day Trump grants legal status? I don't think so. They will keep on coming. and coming.

6. Again, one main reason we need strict border control is not just to find the 10-20 million illegals already here. It is also to stop---over the next ten years--- those-—10-20 million illegals who are patiently waiting in Mexico and Central America this very minute to join the 10-20 million illegals already here.

7. Think about this: If Trump made the illegals citizens tonight, April 18, 2017, do you really believe that if you took a walk along the border tomorrow, it would be empty, that is, do you think that no will ever try to sneak across the border again, because they believe in Trump. Sorry. It won't happen.

16 posted on 04/18/2017 11:20:14 PM PDT by john mirse
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To: skr

a bit more information ,

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3545300/posts

never believe your friends where the law is concerned- especially if could get you deported


17 posted on 04/18/2017 11:21:22 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What does a lack of I.D. have to do with anything?


18 posted on 04/18/2017 11:29:39 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: boop

And there it is.

Even Naturalized citizens can be stripped of citizenship and be deported.

You did not take seriously the risk of your status.

Cause and effect.

Adios..


19 posted on 04/18/2017 11:35:31 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"The Department of Homeland Security told NewsHour that Montes’ DACA status expired in August 2015, according to their records. Gillian Christensen, a spokeswoman for the department, said in a statement to NewsHour that he was also notified when his status was not renewed.

Christensen also said Border Patrol arrested Montes after he attempted to cross into the U.S. by climbing a fence in Calexico, California — not, as his lawyers said, as he was walking to a taxi station.

“He was arrested by BP just minutes after he made his illegal entry and admitted under oath during the arrest interview that he had entered illegally,” she said in the statement.

Christensen said Montes had a previous a conviction for theft, “for which he received probation.”


http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/first-protected-dreamer-deported-president-trump/
20 posted on 04/18/2017 11:36:04 PM PDT by moehoward
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