Boy who punched schoolmate won't be deported

[alp227]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

(04-21) 17:34 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A San Francisco bus driver's wife and two stepsons won the right to remain in the United States on Wednesday after nearly being deported because of a schoolyard punching and a city immigration crackdown, their lawyer said.

Immigration officials learned that Tracey Washington and her sons, ages 13 and 5, were here on expired visa waivers after police arrested the older boy in January for hitting a schoolmate and taking 46 cents. They were reported under Mayor Gavin Newsom's July 2008 policy that required juvenile authorities to notify federal agents after the felony arrest of any youth suspected of being in the country illegally.

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[Xipe Totec]

1. These darned Mexican illegals coming across the border into our fair country

Bzz... Bzz...

What?! Australians?

Oh...

Never mind...

:blush:

[Divine Discontent]

2. they're a bunch of criminals too, ya know!

LOL

[pampango]

3. "but Mr. Newsom, the pain we felt when our family was facing deportation as a result of your policy

is not unique."

"Your policy hurts families and tears children away from their parents for minor, first-time offenses," Charles Washington, a Muni bus driver, said in a letter to the mayor.

"not unique" - indeed. The only difference in this instance is that the "real American" in the family is the husband/father, not a child.