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
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    2 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
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      62 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.