Emerson Colindres had no criminal record and was attending appointment with Ice when detained

Emerson Colindres had no criminal record and was attending appointment with ICE when detained

A teenage student and soccer stand-out was arrested by immigration authorities four days after his high school graduation ceremony in Ohio earlier this month, and deported to Honduras this week, his family has said.

Emerson Colindres, 19, had no criminal record and was attending a regularly scheduled appointment with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Cincinnati when he was detained on 4 June, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.

His parents told the newspaper he was deported on Wednesday to a country he has not lived in since he was 8 years old.

    • FloMo@lemmy.world
      511·
      14 days ago

      Why does the article tell us about his hobbies or when he graduated? It is completely irrelevant.

      The relevance is two-fold:

      1. The American people were promised the deportation of dangerous criminals. Judging by the fact that this kid was busy working on his education and excelling in community sports tells us he likely wasn’t engaged in criminal activities, we know where he’s been. This highlights the failure of the mass immigration plan and how devastating it can be on the lives of innocent people.

      2. With all that being said, why are tax dollars being wasted on this?

      • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
        82·
        14 days ago

        Howcome he is deported but his parents have not been? I mean they must be illegal to if they brought him here when he was 8.

        • Ooops@feddit.org
          26·
          14 days ago

          I might surprise you but people don’t vote for the law as written but indeed for plans and promises made by law makers.

          • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
            51·
            14 days ago

            I remember our last election. Most people dont even vote for the “plans and promises.” They vote for the perceived “lesser evil.” -It’s incredibly irritating for those of us who care about policy.

            • bomibantai@lemmynsfw.com
              151·
              14 days ago

              Regardless of what your legal education is, the fact is that a current batch of politicians were elected because they promised to tackle crime and illegal immigration, and if there’s communities where home invasions, car jackings, burglaries are a somewhat regular occurrence then wasting state resources to hurriedly deport high school kids is stupid and wasteful.

        • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          16·
          14 days ago

          “The law” is not some divinely inspired rules. It is what we use to affect outcomes we want. It is irrelevant in a discussion of right and wrong.

          When it comes to a discussion over whether somebody ought or ought not be allowed to be in the country the person matters more than the law.

          These people were doing no harm and were actively participating in their community. The law is wrong if it says to deport them.

            • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              101·
              14 days ago

              Modern law demands permission to cross a border.

              God you sound like a bad '80s sci-fi where a post-apocalyptic group of children worship “the laaaaaw” and talk about things being “foretold”…

              The “law” does no such thing. It doesn’t have wants or needs. It does not exist without humans since laws are written by humans and based on human morality. It does not exist to serve itself, it exists to serve society.

              Deporting people who have been here for a friggin’ decade, who are paying taxes, who are participating in society, and who have done no wrong, is wrong. I’ve never seen anybody defend that as being “the right thing to do” - typically they just talk about “the law” at that point.

              It does not matter what the law says. If the law says they should be deported then the law is wrong and ought to be changed.

    • Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      381·
      14 days ago

      I guess we have different values.

      I don’t see it as a moral good to kick someone out of the country if they would make a good citizen. I don’t see it as an economic good to remove a productive member of society. I don’t see how the ongoing ICE campaign to instill fear in our immigrant population is good for our communities.

      Just because it’s the law doesn’t make it right.

    • The Real King Gordon@lemmy.world
      28·
      14 days ago

      Because this:

      Administration officials insist that only criminals and those with adjudicated final orders of removal are being targeted. Recent data shows a surge in people with no criminal history being targeted. Being in the US without legal status is a civil offense, not a crime.

      • BigDiction@lemmy.world
        6·
        14 days ago

        There just aren’t enough criminal immigrants to reach our lofty goals. Turns out people motivated enough to leave their nation of birth and come here despite all the obstacles generally don’t want to fuck around once they arrive.

        We can kick out immigrants and restrict international students until the cows come home. We will be worse for it because the US consistently fails to educate and up skill our own citizens en masse.

    • foggy@lemmy.world
      121·
      14 days ago

      As per the 4th amendment, paperwork is not important.

      If you don’t like it, leave.

    • Tikiporch@lemmy.world
      53·
      14 days ago

      Deleted their comment after people expressed their disagreement. The sign of someone who is not-at-all a fucking coward.