Should he stay or should he go now?

[SavannahMann]

Raul Rodrigues spent his whole life thinking he was an American Citizen. He served in the Navy. He spent more than 20 years working for the CBP. And then he found out his Birth Certificate was fraudulent. He was really born in Mexico and smuggled here when his family came illegally.

He deported thousands of people, then learned he was undocumented | CNN

Raul Rodriguez spent years helping the US enforce its immigration laws at the border. Then he learned his life was built on a lie.

amp.cnn.com

What is the song? God Forbid you ever have to walk a mile in their shoes.

Now as he struggles to get his citizenship, Roul Rodriguez lives in fear that he will be caught and deported.

So you pick above. Should he stay or should he go.

 

[Rambunctious]

There are always mitigating facts in immigration... that is why we have immigration court... to work issues like this out....
I've always been under the assumption that military service gets you a green card and eventually citizenship... this case should be moved into that classification in my opinion....

 

[shockedcanadian]

Raul Rodrigues spent his whole life thinking he was an American Citizen. He served in the Navy. He spent more than 20 years working for the CBP. And then he found out his Birth Certificate was fraudulent. He was really born in Mexico and smuggled here when his family came illegally.

He deported thousands of people, then learned he was undocumented | CNN

Raul Rodriguez spent years helping the US enforce its immigration laws at the border. Then he learned his life was built on a lie.

amp.cnn.com

What is the song? God Forbid you ever have to walk a mile in their shoes.

Now as he struggles to get his citizenship, Roul Rodriguez lives in fear that he will be caught and deported.

So you pick above. Should he stay or should he go.

Completely different situation to those willingly crossing into the U.S consciously aware it is the illegal entry into a sovereign nation. Of course he should stay, he is American. God Bless him, Canada could use 1000 like him.

 

[1srelluc]

I'd have no trouble with if he's given a Permanent Resident Card till things get sorted out and he's naturalized.

He served our country....I see it the same as those that serve in the .mil and are nationalized.

 

[MarathonMike]

Raul Rodrigues spent his whole life thinking he was an American Citizen. He served in the Navy. He spent more than 20 years working for the CBP. And then he found out his Birth Certificate was fraudulent. He was really born in Mexico and smuggled here when his family came illegally.

He deported thousands of people, then learned he was undocumented | CNN

Raul Rodriguez spent years helping the US enforce its immigration laws at the border. Then he learned his life was built on a lie.

amp.cnn.com

What is the song? God Forbid you ever have to walk a mile in their shoes.

Now as he struggles to get his citizenship, Roul Rodriguez lives in fear that he will be caught and deported.

So you pick above. Should he stay or should he go.

You are conflating illegal immigrants with DACA. Another "broad brush" technique by Leftists.

 

[JGalt]

God bless him for his service, but how the fuck does one "find out" one day that his birth certificate is fraudulent?

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

He should stay, of course.

And as a matter of policy any non-citizen who serves in the US military should be afforded US citizenship upon his honorable discharge.

 

[JamesE]

Let him stay and give the guy citizenship. He has spent almost half his life in the service of the United States.

 

[SavannahMann]

God bless him for his service, but how the fuck does one "find out" one day that his birth certificate is fraudulent?

His Father never told him. He didn’t know until one day inspectors showed up with a Mexican Birth Certificate in his name. Let’s say I was your Father. I told you that you were born here. I provided a Birth Certificate for you. How would you know I was lying?

 

[MarathonMike]

Let him stay. This is the only country he has known and he has well earned his place here.

 

[SavannahMann]

There are always mitigating facts in immigration... that is why we have immigration court... to work issues like this out....
I've always been under the assumption that military service gets you a green card and eventually citizenship... this case should be moved into that classification in my opinion....

You would think so. But you would be surprised to learn how many Veterans were deported.

The U.S. Has Deported Thousands of Veterans. A New Policy Change Offers New Hope for 'Soldiers Left Behind'

Deported veterans and their families start seeing the light but still await the full promise of the country they served.

www.pbssocal.org

Thousands at least. I’m not sure we will ever know the actual number.

 

[fncceo]

And then he found out his Birth Certificate was fraudulent.

Did he just find out ... or did the INS figure it out and come to get him?

 

[SavannahMann]

Did he just find out ... or did the INS figure it out and come to get him?

In the linked article in the OP it says that Inspectors came to him and showed him the Mexican Birth Certificate. That evening he called his Fafher and asked him. That was when he learned the truth.

 

[Unkotare]

Did he just find out ... or did the INS figure it out and come to get him?

There is no INS.

 

[SavannahMann]

There is no INS.

For us old timers, the old term is hard to forget. For most of my life it was the Immigration and Naturalization Service that dealt with Illegal immigrants. Boarder Patrol was part of the INS in the old days.

We know the new term is CBP, for Customs and Border Patrol. But we will sometimes use the older term, as one we have used for decades. Like when we look at the Baseball scores and see CLE, we think Indians, even though they changed the name to Guardians.

But I hope you get the point. I didn’t take issue with that because I understood what he meant, and why he said it.

 

[Unkotare]

For us old timers, the old term is hard to forget. For most of my life it was the Immigration and Naturalization Service that dealt with Illegal immigrants. Boarder Patrol was part of the INS in the old days.

We know the new term is CBP, for Customs and Border Patrol. But we will sometimes use the older term, as one we have used for decades. Like when we look at the Baseball scores and see CLE, we think Indians, even though they changed the name to Guardians.

But I hope you get the point. I didn’t take issue with that because I understood what he meant, and why he said it.

It's ICE now.