Here’s a question; what’s the number of deportees who are now on transport outta here that have been on “bi-annual check in” status for the last few years? I ask this because this is the 3rd or 4th story that I have rad in the past few weeks stating such status – PB/TK
Cambodian immigrant wins deportation case against the U.S. government – Esther Yu Hsi Lee March 9, 2017
In late February, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency permanently halted the deportation of a Cambodian legal immigrant with an old criminal conviction, on the grounds that his removal would cause extreme hardship to his family.
Earlier in August 2016, the ICE agency arrested Ched Nin when he went into the local immigration office for a routine bi-annual check-in to follow up on his 2010 criminal conviction for which he completed a two-year prison sentence. In spite of having legal permanent resident status and having turned his life around, Nin was then placed into deportation proceedings two months later. Having lived in Minnesota his whole life, Nin would have been deported to a country in which he has never stepped foot.
Since October 2016, his family and community organizers like the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) have mobilized around his case, saying that his deportation would cause extreme difficulties to his children and elderly parents. An immigration judge agreed, allowing Nin to petition for a green card and was granted a 212(h) waiver on the grounds that his removal would cause extreme hardship for his family.
“Ched’s case is very, very unique,” Katrina Dizon Mariategue, SEARAC’s immigration policy manager, told ThinkProgress.
Continue to thinkprogress.org article: https://thinkprogress.org/cambodian-immigrant-deportation-halted-57d6a9f25b68#.rp4n96rgn
