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  • Angry with the system: Penn Yan resident faces deportation

    05/22/2007 11:25:20 AM PDT · by Behind Liberal Lines · 50 replies · 1,411+ views
    Copyright © 2007 Finger Lakes Times - www.fltimes.com ^ | Tuesday, May 22, 2007 11:59 AM CDT | By MIKE MASLANIK
    PENN YAN NY- A routine traffic stop last December changed the lives of Sadie and Fernando Garcia forever. Fernando is a Mexican national who has lived in the U.S. for about 15 years, and he was on his way to Christmas shop at Eastview Mall in Victor when a trooper pulled him over for a burned-out taillight. Fernando wound up sitting in a Batavia holding cell because his immigration papers weren't in order. Bail was set at $10,000. Now, he's looking at possible deportation - and leaving American-born Sadie alone to raise four young children. “It's just ridiculous. It seems...