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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.
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.
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