The View: Deported after 30 years/Jorge GARCIA, Whoopi wept.

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http://abcnews.go.com/International/system-failed-us-wife-man-deported-mexico-30/story?id=52434552

'The system failed us,' says wife of man deported to Mexico after 30 years in US

Undocumented immigrant Jorge Garcia and his family today spoke out on “The View” about his deportation to Mexico this week after living in the United States for 30 years.

“He was deported because he came into the country at 10 years old illegally,” his wife, Cindy Garcia, said. “We tried to fix the status and the system failed us. It's a broken immigration system, and it needs to be fixed.” ....

In 2011, 2012 and 2014, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) exercised “prosecutorial discretion,” allowing him to remain in the country.

And “Obama was in office so we were safe … until now,” she said.

But amid the Trump administration’s ramping up immigration arrests and deportations, ICE notified the family Nov. 20, 2017, that Jorge Garcia had to leave. He was going to be detained at that point, but ICE allowed him to stay with his family through the holidays, giving him no later than Jan. 15 to leave for Mexico.

So, on Monday, Jorge Garcia was removed pursuant to the judge's removal order, ICE said. ....


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