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Posted on 04/12/2018 6:31:44 PM PDT by jazusamo
Hector Barajas was convicted of shooting at a vehicle in 2002, was deported back to Mexico, quickly snuck back into the U.S. was caught and deported again. He then started a support group for fellow veterans deported to Mexico, worked to get them health care — and, last year, earned a pardon from California Gov. Jerry Brown for his crime.
On Friday he’ll cross the border once again, arriving in San Diego, where he’ll be sworn in as a U.S. citizen.
To his backers, it’s a long-overdue recognition for a man who devoted years of his life to his adopted country, made bad decisions but has has since gotten his life together and deserves the right to join American society.
They are hoping he’s blazed a path other people — and particularly veterans — might be able to follow, winning pardons to halt their deportations or even earn the right to come back.
“Hector’s case is in many ways a classic example how draconian our immigration laws have become,” said Bardis Vakili, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union in San Diego, which went to court to force the citizenship issue earlier this year. “The same unforgiving deportation machine that routinely sweeps up hard-working immigrants simply seeking a better life has also forced countless veterans like Hector, who served this country honorably and risked their lives on its behalf, from their homeland.”
For Mr. Barajas, Friday is about a simple goal.
“It’s an opportunity to get back with my family and start my life over again,” he told The Washington Times by telephone from Mexico.
To critics, though, he’s the latest migrant to find a loophole in the immigration system, claiming a questionable pardon in order to circumvent the usual penalties.
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These illegal aliens need to be charged with federal crimes, not state crimes.
this is bullshit
we need nation-wide martial law until this crap is cleaned up
any alien who commits a crime after being pardoned by the governor should be tracked and used against the governors when they run again.
Since when can a state governor pardon someone guilty of a federal crime - illegally entering the country???
Did you think this thru?
Becareful what you wish for...
RE: “we need nation-wide martial law until this crap is cleaned up”
When will the pro-Mexican governors issue a general pardon for all US citizens convicted of serious crimes that put them at risk of being divided from their families?
That’s right. Never.
So why does Brown do that only for foreigners? Do they count more, is their vote more important?
Oh Wait, they aren’t supposed to be voting...
if Rosenstein is fired, MoveOn is ready to riot
That’s my question also.
A governor can legally pardon a criminal for a state crime but Immigration law is federal law as I understand it.
Of course just coming into the country illegally now doesn’t seem to be considered a crime now which is BS in my view.
They are still here illegally.
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What the hell is she babbling about? Our immigration laws have remained essentuially the same for the last 30 years.
Okay by me. They better not riot within a couple of hundred yards of my house, though, or I will literally have a field day.
Even if they kept their nose clean for the past few years?
You KNOW the answer
For them, the back of the hand
For Los Mexicanos, the open hand with gifts
Pardoning foreigner criminals so they can prey on US citizens..............unbelievable.
Governors cannot pardon federal crimes. Not in their jurisdiction.
The article says this guy was a veteran? Can non citizens serve in the military?
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