"Deported in Error. . . . ." US Citizen Gets Deported to Mexico?
It seems that they were iiresponsible and down right wrong to have make a mistake like that.
It seems as if they need to fix whatever they need to so this wouldn't happen again.
What do you think? And if you were deported, how bad would you want to sue the government?
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/us/08b...
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I would sue them SO FAST!Obviously people don't understand. He's American and that's all that matters. He might have told them he's from Mexico but they can't just deport him.
JUSTME------ So if you ever get convicted of Murder, wrongfully (when you in fact know you didn't do it) I would say, "oh well."
What is Romeny's stand on Immigration?
I'm sure you never made a mistake in your entire life - or that your previous government never did either. He was probably just the wrong Pedro Guzman.
Serves him right for shopping at Wal-mar-to, Senior.
What's your thoughts on illegal immigrants?
Errors do occur in the best of systems. He can sue for damages and be made whole legally.
If only they spent more time deporting the ones who don't belong here...
Mr. Guzman is lucky he wasn't deported to some other country for torture and questioning under the American "rendition" program.
It is very rare, which is why such a stink was raised. I understand he is mentally impaired and had unusual difficulty communicating his situation.
Clearly, they should be careful not to deport the wrong people. Innocent people are in jail, too. Presumed innocent until proven guilty only carries you so far, as a practical matter.
Does a british citizen need a visa to go to us as a visitor?
Well, hey, America's a horrible place to live according to John Edwards. We've got the two America's, afterall, and poor people being starved to death. Mexico's Utopia. They've got a chicken in every pot and a beautiful socialist government. Of course, the guy would've really lucked out had they sent him to Cuba! Just ask Michael Moore.
I filed the I-130 for my wife and now they are asking her to go into Mexico for the interview.?
maybe the NY Times didn't print as much as other papers.
i did read about this. Mr. Guzman apparently has developmental disabilities and does not communicate quickly or well. He may prefer speaking Spanish to English.
it seems he was picked up without ID and routinely turned over to ICE. oops -- they deported him, thinking he was a Mexican national.
Since we don't have such a thing as a national ID card, what is someone who doesn't drive to do? It is difficult for them to even get to the proper office to have an official ID issued and if you're not the best communicator anyway ... may never get done.
On the other hand, we can't have free person like Mr. Guzman, who aren't dangerous, locked up in institutions, now can we?
somethimes government is darned if they do and darned if they don't.
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Should illegal immigrants receive special ID cards to give them use of our public services?
Perhaps YOU should read the article.
The man is retarded, commited a crime, was in jail, and TOLD officers he was from Mexico. What were they supposed to think?
I'm glad to hear they're at least deporting some Mexican nationals who commit crimes here.
The blame here lies with this man's family. Why weren't they keeping track of him, and why weren't they there to pick him up from jail?
Why does America have immigration laws if we don't want people to abide?
Can you find another example of this happening? This story is getting beaten to death on here. You asked what I think. OK. I don't think the whole system needs to be re-done over one error.
Since immigration tripled the fees,so you see them working any faster ?
There probably were several people using the name,Pedro Guzman, and social security number, and the government mistakenly got the wrong guy... oh, well....
I would be mad if i were in that family. or if I were deported.
people here seem to be mad because they know they are wrong in this case, they don't want an Mexican American to stay after he has been deported. People probably don't care. that;s sad.
What benefit is there really to the US President meeting with the President of Mexico?
It's about secure ID. He can give a wrong answer (being mentally deficient) but he certainly can't change his fingerprint or iris.
Put yourself in the officers' place. All they needed is a smart card with Mr. Guzman's iris-scan and fingerprint cross-referenced to his SSN. This would NEVER happen again.
As it is, we all carry scads of private info just to be identified and it STILL fails. We reveal stuff that winds up in marketing databases, hackers' files and identity thieves' inventories...all for NO reason. Where biometric is effective and safe, our current system is ineffective and unsafe.
Secure ID bills have been dying in Congress since the late nineties. We're all paying for it thru ID theft, etc. So let's write and call our reps and senators and get it fixed!
"Where there is no law but each man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberties"
General Henry M. Roberts, "Roberts' Rules of Order
Deported and Banned for how long?
When someone says and even signs a paper saying "I'm an illegal" and they get deported,the only one to blame is themselves.
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