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Undocumented immigrant commits suicide over fears he'd be deported
FOX 11 Los Angeles ^ | February 13, 2018 | by Phil Shuman

Posted on 02/14/2018 11:54:46 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

His family says he was so petrified of being deported that a minor traffic accident sent him to suicide.

We may never know for certain.

Now they are mourning his loss and getting out the message of what they say living in fear can do to a person.

His friends called him 'Trippy', his name was Luis Castenada, a 40-year-old father of two originally from Guatemala. The story is he came, one of eight kids, as an undocumented immigrant to this country as a young boy.

His story ended this past Friday night in the San Fernando Valley when he took his own life. His mother says it was because of one thing, the fear of being deported to a country he never really knew.

It's also possible he had other issues we just don’t know about. I can tell you the pastor of a North Hills church with a large Latino congregation, who helped Luis's mother get her story out, says the fear created by the Trump administration in the immigrant community is very real and tangible , and felt by many. Rational or not. Justified or not. It's there.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxla.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: aliens; border; criminalalien; deport; deportation; fakenews; illegalaliens; illegals; invasion; propaganda; suicide
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Even 'Trippy' knows Guatemala is a s-hole.
1 posted on 02/14/2018 11:54:46 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Phil Shuman should have his natural born citizenship revoked for his atrocious writing.


2 posted on 02/14/2018 11:56:19 AM PST by relictele
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3 posted on 02/14/2018 11:56:49 AM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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Another poster child for Pelosi’s DACA parade.


4 posted on 02/14/2018 11:57:17 AM PST by CMB_polarization
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Did he do the Wilhelm scream?


5 posted on 02/14/2018 11:57:26 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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Bull$hit


6 posted on 02/14/2018 11:57:55 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Playing the fear card.....fail, Demtard idiots.


7 posted on 02/14/2018 11:58:33 AM PST by cranked
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To: relictele

The people who eat up this propaganda probably like the “style” of the writing here.


8 posted on 02/14/2018 11:58:53 AM PST by madprof98
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We should alleviate their fear by repatriating them.


9 posted on 02/14/2018 11:59:00 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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Actually Jerry Brown killed him. CA gives illegals driver licenses. Without that he would not have been driving. Brown killed him.


10 posted on 02/14/2018 11:59:39 AM PST by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Winning!


11 posted on 02/14/2018 12:00:17 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Make America Great Again.


12 posted on 02/14/2018 12:00:21 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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His mother says it was because of one thing...

Isn't his mother an illegal too? Why isn't she being shipped back home?

13 posted on 02/14/2018 12:00:36 PM PST by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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the fear created by the Trump administration in the immigrant community is very real and tangible

Excellent

Self-deportation is the most cost-effective solution.

14 posted on 02/14/2018 12:00:39 PM PST by tomkat
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Darwin theory?


15 posted on 02/14/2018 12:00:50 PM PST by Harpotoo
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Everyday I hear about illegals crashing into cars and having NO insurance, the cops just let them go because they are illegal. This guy had nothing to fear here, in Cali you can kill someone but as long as you are illegal you walk scott free


16 posted on 02/14/2018 12:01:16 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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“Rational or not. Justified or not. It’s there.”

They SHOULD be scared. Do it the right and legal way or GTFO!


17 posted on 02/14/2018 12:02:14 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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Self-deportation can take many forms. I’d prefer other kinds, but they all work. I believe in this kind of individual “choice” and right to privacy.


18 posted on 02/14/2018 12:04:29 PM PST by C210N (Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
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What was Trippy worried about? He lives in a sanctuary city in a sanctuary state. He’s protected.


19 posted on 02/14/2018 12:04:37 PM PST by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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......”he came,as an undocumented immigrant to this country as a young boy.”.....

So at 40 yrs’ old what was he doing about obtaining citizenship for all those years?????


20 posted on 02/14/2018 12:04:53 PM PST by caww
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