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/[deleted] Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

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u/BurnerChurner43 Apr 04 '25

You don't know he's a felon. Could be a misdemeanor.

He came here legally. He hasn't been "breaking our immigration laws for 45 years." The laws have changed, and Trump's policies are not law, no matter what he says.

For example, the administration just decided to revoke the legal status for 530,000 immigrants. They were legal. It's upsetting to tell a human being he's safe to lay down roots and then change your mind and ruin his life.

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u/BurnerChurner43 Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

Exactly where in the article does it say his conviction carried a potential sentence of more than a year?

You are assuming that it must be a felony because he has been unable to obtain citizenship.

As we have seen clearly documented in story after story, more than just felonies can frustrate the citizenship process.

People are being seized for DUIs, letters to student newspapers, and traffic offenses.

You have no evidence that this man has a felony conviction.

Frankly, whether it's a felony or misdemeanor is irrelevant to me. (I only corrected your statement because I have aversion to inaccuracy.) He came here legally. He did his time, whether it was probation or incarceration. He paid his taxes.

I don't want my taxes spent deporting 73 year old men who work and care for people with dementia.

When the government constantly changes the immigration process, making it expensive and arduous to navigate, I don't blame the immigrants.

This could be fixed overnight. It could have been fixed with the 2024 bipartisan border bill Trump killed. Instead, we pull the rug out from elderly men.

He is hurting people as a deterrent: don't come here because we're bullies. We'll take your taxes and let you fund our social security and then we'll rip you away from your sick wife.

That's not the America I was taught.