U.S. Citizen And Veteran Mistakenly Detained For Possible Deportation

Indus

Lifer
May 11, 2002
11,715
8,175
136
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/us-citizen-veteran-deportation-aclu_us_5c3f7095e4b0a8dbe16d08d6

A Marine veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder was held for three days for possible deportation before federal authorities learned that he was a U.S. citizen born in Michigan, lawyers said Wednesday.

Jilmar Ramos-Gomez, 27, lives in the Grand Rapids area. He was released on Dec. 17 from a detention center in Calhoun County after personal records were provided to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan.

“Why did they think he was a noncitizen? Did they get him confused with someone else? Who knows,” ACLU attorney Miriam Aukerman said. “This is an individual who’s incredibly vulnerable with a mental illness.”

He was a lance corporal in the Marines and received awards for service in Afghanistan. The ACLU said his PTSD had a role in the disturbance at the hospital.
The ACLU is asking the Kent County sheriff and county commissioners to investigate the jail’s role in releasing Ramos-Gomez to ICE. Aukerman said Ramos-Gomez’ treatment was “appalling.”






Normally I'm not one who wants to abolish ICE as I think it serves a purpose. But if they're driven only by color of skin/ how names sound and not facts...

It may well be time to replace ICE with Border and Customs who at least look at passports and then check them against computers when you come into a US port of entry.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: DarthKyrie

Indus

Lifer
May 11, 2002
11,715
8,175
136
If those awards were given by Obama I'm sure Trump will try to undo that.

I'm pretty sure the only medals Presidents give out personally are:

Medal of Honor
Presidential Medal of Freedom

Correct me if I'm wrong.
 

Stokely

Platinum Member
Jun 5, 2017
2,215
2,980
136
I know a few people that are no longer willing to risk leaving to visit family in China. One has a blemish on their record and there have been over a hundred cases of citizens being deported. This person has been a citizen for 20 years but that is no guarantee that ICE won't do it's thing to keep us all "safer".

What a country of abject cowards we have become. The one thing we really should fear (climate change) we could give a collective shit about.
 

Indus

Lifer
May 11, 2002
11,715
8,175
136
hmm yeah my wife is the same way. She doesn't want to leave to visit her family till she has her passport.