Buried in the article...
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.
Hmm... My guess is that an ex-wife / girlfriend (note how the article refers to “current wife”) is still sore about the non-conviction of the good doctor on domestic violence charges back in 2013, and tipped off ICE to the older legal infractions. Lacking any more to go on, I accept the jury verdict that he really wasn’t guilty of DV, and who knows, the DUI might have been the ex driving him to drink. But, revenge - yeah - “Hell has no fury...” as the saying goes.
I do not think that the Federal Agency exists that does not sometimes act in an overly heavy-handed way.
It seems to me that, ok, arrest the guy, slap on $1000 bail and a monitor, let him make bail and go back to work imediately, let the process work out & make a determination, with ability to appeal.
Note: The pay wall did not attempt to block me - I don’t know why.