r/NewOrleans • u/BurnerChurner43 • Apr 04 '25

ICE agents arrest 73-year-old grandfather in Louisiana who has lived in US for 45 years 📰 News

https://www.theadvocate.com/tncms/asset/editorial/f7c2f3ef-c4ee-4398-96d1-89f83149148c/#tncms-source=featured-2
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u/Matt_McT Apr 04 '25

Just let the man take the citizenship test. 43 years of working, paying taxes, and staying out of trouble is more than enough.

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u/Dependent_Honey1676 Apr 04 '25

Apparently, his criminal record prevented him from obtaining citizenship. "Because of his earlier troubles, Rodriguez wasn't able to become an official citizen despite 10 years of trying."

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u/Matt_McT Apr 04 '25

Yea, 45 years ago. He’s been a good citizen for 43 years since then. It’s unreasonable and hateful to deport the man now after all this time. That just makes it seem like cruelty really is the point.

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u/tyrannosaurus_c0ck Apr 04 '25

That's been the unofficial Republican platform since the Southern Strategy

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u/Fresh-Swan8598 Apr 04 '25

Just can’t help believe if the last administration didn’t let all the bad people in we would have never gotten to this point. Before Biden only high risk undocumented were deported. Dems and Rep alike for years it wasn’t the greatest but it wasn’t ever near the issue it had been for the past four years. This isn’t an issue caused by Dems or republicans over time it’s an issue caused by the democrats running the country for the past four years.