Deported man was actually U.S. citizen

[quaoar]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CITIZENSHIP_SURPRISE?SITE=ALANN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Duarnis Perez became an American citizen when he was 15, but he didn't find out until after he had been deported and then jailed for trying to get back into the country.

He was facing his second deportation hearing when he learned he was already a U.S. citizen. Still, federal prosecutors fought to keep him in custody.

Last week, a federal judge scolded prosecutors for the mistake.

"In effect, the government is arguing that an innocent man who was wrongly convicted should not be released from the custody of the United States," U.S. District Judge Lawrence Kahn wrote. He ruled that Perez never should have been deported.

[MADem]

1. Oh, wow, put that story in the "WAS MY FACE RED!" column

Incompetence, thy name is BushCo!

[Benhurst]

2. Good for the judge. On the other hand, this story pretty well

illustrates what the value of American citizenship will be if the Bush Crime Family is allowed to continue its coup.

[damntexdem]

7. No, they'll put it into a different column:

the "hey, we didn't get away with it this time" column.

[Julius Civitatus]

3. But he was a brown-skinned man with a foreign-sounding name

he had to be in the custody of the United States, don't you see...

:sarcasm:

[intheflow]

4. K&R'd because when one citizen is deported,

we can all be deported and not allowed back into the country.

[IronLionZion]

5. Well as George Felix Allen would say,

"Welcome to America!".

I feel like taking a trip to Virginia just so Allen can welcome me too. Then I'll stop at Santorum's house in Leesburg and TP it!

[lpbk2713]

6. Seems like I've seen that one before.

[Tom Joad]

8. Beat me to it. fun movie. Born in East L.A.

What's happenin....!
I grew up not very far from there... kinda east of East LA.

I suggest people check it out!

[Telly Savalas]

9. When he tried to re-enter the U.S. he thought he was BREAKING THE LAW

So when are the Nativists going to show up to berate him for this?