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After fight to stay, Haverhill man deported St. Lucia
Eagle-Tribune (North Andover, MA) ^ | February 7, 2018 | by Peter Francis

Posted on 02/08/2018 8:52:42 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

HAVERHILL — On Monday, Jacob Leonce, a 45-year old man originally from St. Lucia who has lived in the city for close to a decade, was deported back to the Caribbean Island from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Burlington.

Leonce, a married father of two sons who were born in Haverhill, was first notified in December by immigration authorities that renewal of his work visa was being denied and that he would be deported in February.

Since December, local activists, congregants at Leonce's church and state legislators have worked to try and keep Leonce in Massachusetts. But their efforts turned out to be for naught, as Leonce was sent back to his home nation Monday after being held over the weekend at ICE's Burlington facility, the same place his work visa was denied a renewal.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: border; deportation; illegalalien; immigration; invasion
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To: elpadre

Thank you for the correction, I was referring to the work visa this man had that expired.

Green Card needs overhauling as well.


21 posted on 02/08/2018 10:28:00 AM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: rlmorel

Says the lawyer trying to keep him in the country. I don’t really believe it.

...

I’m with you all the way on that one. These sob stories never tell the whole truth.


22 posted on 02/08/2018 10:30:54 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: elpadre; Vigilanteman

I admit I take no joy in this, but we have to get a handle on this. This guy should have seen this coming years ago, but perhaps he thought nobody would ever look for him. His mistake. He should have gotten his visa squared away.

If I were an American living in some other country permanently (like the Philippines) and my family and job were there...I would keep my visa in order, become a citizen, or accept the consequences which would be deportation (although over there I suspect you can grease a palm to get it extended)

We have to fix it. It is already far too large of an issue to relegate to back burners.


23 posted on 02/08/2018 10:35:11 AM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: Moonman62

I agree with other posters who suspect there are talking points going out from the DNC to their media contacts...seems to be more of these lately.

Or perhaps there really IS a big uptick in the deportations. I agree with that in any case, though I would rather they get the real undesirables first.

Unfortunately, this guy is low-hanging fruit. Easy pickings. Won’t run because he is entrenched in the community.


24 posted on 02/08/2018 10:37:45 AM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
He's actually been in the United States since 1999. Don't know when his work visa expired, since that information seems to be missing from the piece

At no time did the article mention what he's done for a living since 1999.

I was born and raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts and it's morphed from an honest hard-working factory city into a "Kennedy Country" welfare fraud enclave with a high crime rate and a permanent dependency class.

I know this article is about Haverhill, Massachusetts, but Lawrence is just further along in the downward spiral.

The Merrimack Valley is infested with Marxist otherwise unemployable do-gooders who've enabled and encouraged the rot in order to secure a paycheck for themselves.

I'm not shedding any tears for this guy, that's for sure.

25 posted on 02/08/2018 10:43:51 AM PST by Madame Dufarge
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To: Paladin2

Especially in February.


26 posted on 02/08/2018 10:47:09 AM PST by Rebelbase ( Hillary, DNC, DOJ and FBI colluded with a British National to influence the 2016 Pres. election)
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To: rlmorel

I agree with you. I am pretty sure State Dept has responsibility for monitoring all visas they issue.

Apparently, they don’t think it is important. This does not require any Congressional action, only State Dept. enforcing existing law. IMO


27 posted on 02/08/2018 11:00:28 AM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Madame Dufarge

There was a time when immigrants added value to American society.
My great grandfather came from Vastervick, Sweden in 1902. He dug wells, laid bricks and worked in coal mines until he had enough money to send for his wife and daughter. They arrived in 1905.
He built a house mostly with his own labor in a small Iowa town where he heard other Swedes lived. The house has been remodeled a couple of times but still stands today. Their daughter was my mother’s mother.

Dad’s people came from Wales and Scotland. They first arrived in Nova Scotia sometime in the 1880s and later became American citizens in Michigan. Great Gandpa was a commercial fisherman on the Great Lakes...


28 posted on 02/08/2018 12:38:22 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: rlmorel
...Haverhill Attorney Paul Magliochetti...said Tuesday Leonce had dealt with attorneys since immigrating to the United States in 1999, none of whom provided him with the proper assistance in becoming a legal citizen..."

So I guess Haverhill Attorney Paul Magliochetti will be filing bar complaints against the prior attorneys, and representing his client for the legal malpractice suits, right?

29 posted on 02/08/2018 12:44:10 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

LOL, that reply nearly made me spit covfefe on my screen!

Like THAT will happen...


30 posted on 02/08/2018 1:03:16 PM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: rlmorel

Yeah, I wrote it tongue in cheek. The attorney has the same last name as the two “Car Talk” brothers (defunct NPR radio show) who were also from Massachusetts. I wonder if he’s related...


31 posted on 02/08/2018 1:09:17 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Joe 6-pack; rlmorel

Oops. Different (but similar) last name.


32 posted on 02/08/2018 1:10:31 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

I know the Car Talk guys were libs, but...I occasionally listened to them. They were pretty funny...

It was the only NPR thing I ever sullied my radio with!


33 posted on 02/08/2018 1:20:02 PM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: rlmorel

Same here. They should have gone commercial. Their show could have stood on its own.


34 posted on 02/08/2018 1:27:43 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: rlmorel

Agreed, but I would take a look at post #10.


35 posted on 02/09/2018 8:37:04 AM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Vigilanteman

I wouldn’t disagree that happens. They are lawyers, after all, and probably low end lawyers to boot. But if it were my family and residence on the line, I wouldn’t kick that can down the road. (I don’t think we disagree on that either)


36 posted on 02/09/2018 9:05:56 AM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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