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ICE detains a Polish doctor and green-card holder who has lived in the U.S. for nearly 40 years
Washington Post ^ | Jan. 22, 2018 | Samantha Schmidt

Posted on 01/22/2018 1:44:11 PM PST by Innovative

Lukasz Niec was 5 years old when his parents brought him and his sister to the United States from Poland. With two suitcases in tow, his parents — both doctors — left behind a country on the verge of social turmoil. It was 1979, about two years before the country’s authoritarian communist government declared martial law.

Niec received a temporary green card and, in 1989, became a lawful permanent resident. He grew up in Michigan, went to medical school, became a doctor, and raised a daughter and stepdaughter.

But on Tuesday morning, immigration authorities arrested Niec at his home, just after he had sent his 12-year-old stepdaughter off to school. Niec, a physician specializing in internal medicine at Bronson Healthcare Group in Kalamazoo, Mich., has been detained in a county jail ever since, awaiting a bond hearing and possible deportation.

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KEYWORDS: aliens; dramaqueen; fakenews; immigration; wapo
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To: Innovative
A green card is only as good as your behavior while here on it.

He has escaped the dui and domestic violence he was charged with but not an earlier arrest while 17 for something else....

He has a clear history of issues, and believe me, he is a liberal all the way in Kalamazoo.

Good riddance. Most Michiganders on the local news threads are glad to see him go.

41 posted on 01/22/2018 2:39:38 PM PST by MarMema
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To: PGR88
but a “green card” allows one to be a permanent resident in the USA. Something is missing.

There are limits to it - look it up. It's not the same as being a US citizen.

42 posted on 01/22/2018 2:41:15 PM PST by MarMema
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

On the MLive threads they posted links to dui and dv charges as well.


43 posted on 01/22/2018 2:42:59 PM PST by MarMema
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To: Innovative

Maybe it would help if he beat his wife again?


44 posted on 01/22/2018 2:44:22 PM PST by iowamark
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To: dfwgator

Exactly! He should be happy to be deported!


45 posted on 01/22/2018 2:53:43 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: Innovative
I can't read the article because WaPoop is you know - full of it.

He became a lawful permanent resident. It's not like he has been skirting the law all these years. He did it fair and square. Unlike the many imams hitching rides on FedEx cargo jets.

Since I can't read the article - are there details I am unaware of?

46 posted on 01/22/2018 2:55:49 PM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: Innovative

I’d like to read the article but not willing to pay for it......


47 posted on 01/22/2018 3:07:06 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
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To: Flick Lives

HMMMMMM sounds like from his near brushes with the law that troubles seems to find this guy....!


48 posted on 01/22/2018 3:07:28 PM PST by mdmathis6 (Men and Devils can't out-"alinsksy" God! He knows where "all the bodies are buried!")
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To: Innovative
Having a green card means he is here legally. Period.

Not going to argue with that because you are absolutely correct!

With that being said, Green Cards expire either annually or every five years, not sure which, and if not renewed, you are now in this country illegally!

This dumbass had every opportunity to continue to renew his card but chose not to. So after 40 years, he was finally busted. I have no sympathy for this guy........

FWIW, my two step-sisters were green card holders for decades until they became naturalized. One of them is married to a Honduran who was here legally for decades until he became naturalized. The other one chooses to remain a Canadian citizen even tho she is married to an American and has to renew her card according to regulations.

49 posted on 01/22/2018 3:21:06 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
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To: tschatski

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.


50 posted on 01/22/2018 3:23:37 PM PST by Paul R. (I don't want to be energy free, we want to be energy dominant in terms of the world. -D. Trump)
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To: beergarden
I do know some green-card holders who have been here 30 years and they still are green-card holders. All they do is keep renewing. Their decision..

One of my step-sisters included. She's been married to an American (he's an asshole) for over 40 years now but retains her Canadian citizenship while renewing her green card whenever it's required.........

51 posted on 01/22/2018 3:25:39 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
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To: Hot Tabasco

According to the article, his green card was renewed. Some, such as for a spouse, go for 10 years at a time.


52 posted on 01/22/2018 3:27:07 PM PST by Paul R. (I don't want to be energy free, we want to be energy dominant in terms of the world. -D. Trump)
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To: PGR88

He knew that he was only here on a green card. He had plenty of time to engage in the process to become a citizen. He used all that time to make a good life for himself. One would think that he would have enough gratitude to become a citizen of the country that gave him the opportunity to be successful.


53 posted on 01/22/2018 3:27:58 PM PST by Parmy
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To: Innovative

This is the demonrats weaponizing the deportation of aliens.


54 posted on 01/22/2018 3:33:06 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: zerosix

It is not easy or cheap to go through the process legally. Nor should it be, but sometimes the “bureaucracy” is, as one might expect of FedGov, pretty overdone.


55 posted on 01/22/2018 3:33:47 PM PST by Paul R. (I don't want to be energy free, we want to be energy dominant in terms of the world. -D. Trump)
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To: Hot Tabasco

One of those I know of is also Canadian. No gratitude to this country. He’s a POS but at least he pays his taxes here and keeps out of trouble.


56 posted on 01/22/2018 3:36:36 PM PST by beergarden
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To: fwdude

Green card issued before 1989 expires when you leave the country permanently, deported or die


57 posted on 01/22/2018 3:40:37 PM PST by mooncoin
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To: Paul R.

You’re right about overreach. Still, the reason he was detained is not the mystery the article tried to portray it as.

Also, DUI is a violent crime. It should be grounds for immediate deportation. I don’t understand why Mothers Against Drunk Driving isn’t speaking out on this.


58 posted on 01/22/2018 3:45:58 PM PST by tschatski
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To: rovenstinez

40 years is plenty long enough to have become a US citizen.

Whats the hold up, doc?


59 posted on 01/22/2018 3:49:22 PM PST by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: Parmy

Well... If an immigrant, about the only things one gains from citizenship in the US are the right to vote, and freedom from deportation. Immigrants tend toward being Dems (although that is certainly not true of all!), so persuading them to remain green card holders is not all bad. Plus, some want to retire to their birth countries after their working years, and, that is not all bad either. Heck, finances alone have me wondering if I, a born in the US citizen, should head overseas once I’m no longer able to work effectively. Otherwise, I see no scenario where I do not have to work until I drop dead.


60 posted on 01/22/2018 3:52:44 PM PST by Paul R. (I don't want to be energy free, we want to be energy dominant in terms of the world. -D. Trump)
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