Tag: deportation
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El Gamal family released from ICE custody, again, following federal court orders
The ex-wife and children of a man accused of an antisemitic attack were released from federal custody for the second time in three days late Saturday, according to attorneys for the family. Hayam El Gamal and her five children, ranging from age 5 to 18, had been in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
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Fort Carson soldier’s wife could be deported
As the country’s largest immigration enforcement crackdown continues in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, a Fort Carson sergeant is fighting a personal immigration crisis — one that may implode his family. Sgt. Tyler Garza’s wife, Jennifer Maradiaga Baca, is not a legal U.S. citizen and an immigration judge’s 15-year-old deportation order from 2011 hangs over her head.…
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10th Circuit rules 20-year-old DUI convictions may be factor in deportation proceedings
The Denver-based federal appeals court concluded last month that it was appropriate for immigration authorities to consider a man’s 20-year-old impaired driving convictions when determining if he recently exhibited “good moral character.” Under federal law, an immigrant seeking to remain in the country is eligible for relief if they have been continuously present in the…
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Iraq War veteran Jose Barco deported to Mexico
Immigration officials this month began the deportation process for a decorated Iraq War veteran whose story captured national attention and garnered intense discussion both for and against his removal. On Tuesday, the conversation was over, and Jose Barco-Chirino, who had a criminal record, was bused to Florence, Arizona. Before sunup Friday morning, the former Army…
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Friend of Iranian man seized by ICE says his arrest was based on lies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Mehrdad Mehdipour was arrested on June 22 by federal immigration agents at the home of his Colorado Springs host and friend, Iranian Christian-advocate Mohamad Faridi, Faridi was angered. Mehdipour had been surrounded, cuffed and hauled away based on “lies from the pit of hell,”…
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Judge sides with family of Boulder attack suspect
A federal judge in Denver on Thursday ruled that the deportation case for the wife and five children of Mohamed Soliman, charged with a hate crime after the June 1 firebomb attack on marchers in Boulder, will be heard in the Western District of Texas, not Colorado. U.S. District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher of Colorado on…
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Western Slope farmers fear impact of mass deportations and labor market changes
PALISADE • To be a farmer in any era is to live, unsteadily, with constant change. On rural Colorado’s small family farms one thing is certain: the landscape of agriculture is shifting. And the tenuous balance is in for a new test as promises of mass deportations threaten to wipe out the labor force that small…