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HAB911

(8,782 posts)
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 12:42 PM Mar 2017

Indiana Restaurant Owner To Be Deported Friday

The family of a northern Indiana restaurant owner who ICE detained during a routine check-in in February says he’s scheduled for deportation Friday.

Roberto Beristain is the owner of a popular restaurant in Granger called Eddie’s Steak Shed. His family says he came to the United States from Mexico City illegally in 1998. He later obtained documentation to work in the country and checked in with ICE each year.

It was during one of those check ins last month that ICE took Beristain into custody because of an incident in 2000. Roberto and his wife, Helen, were visiting Niagara Falls that year and accidentally crossed into Canada. Officers there detained Roberto when they realized he was in the U.S. illegally. Helen says a lawyer helped get Roberto out on bail, but he was told he had to voluntarily leave the country within a month.

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During an interview earlier this month, Helen said she voted for President Donald Trump because she supports his immigration policies. She said criminals should be deported, but she didn’t think her husband would face that fate.

http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/indiana-restaurant-owner-deported-friday-116463/

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Indiana Restaurant Owner To Be Deported Friday (Original Post) HAB911 Mar 2017 OP
Lol, his wife supported Trump? metroins Mar 2017 #1
Too funny! tazkcmo Mar 2017 #2
We realistically need to flip about 10% of Trump voters crazycatlady Mar 2017 #15
no we don't. tazkcmo Mar 2017 #17
Dear god, the depth of self hate some people have. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #3
Kinda wish we could deport Helen instead Freethinker65 Mar 2017 #4
Exactly! Can we keep Roberto and deport Helen instead? LonePirate Mar 2017 #7
God people are fucking dimwitted!! boston bean Mar 2017 #5
Karma. n/t Scoopster Mar 2017 #6
"...but she didnt think her husband would face that fate." Solly Mack Mar 2017 #8
This seemed somehow . . . appropriate. hatrack Mar 2017 #10
It does. Thanks, hatrack! Solly Mack Mar 2017 #16
He's married to a US citizen and he's still getting deported? WTF? yodermon Mar 2017 #9
It depends metalbot Mar 2017 #14
So glad they are sweeping up all those evil felons and criminals... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #11
those of us who empathize, but who do not sympathize HAB911 Mar 2017 #12
Fuck them. Fuck them both. Orrex Mar 2017 #13

tazkcmo

(7,280 posts)
2. Too funny!
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 12:51 PM
Mar 2017

While a small part of me has sympathy there's more that doesn't. I love seeing Trump voters getting screwed by their own votes.

tazkcmo

(7,280 posts)
17. no we don't.
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 02:53 PM
Mar 2017

In a country with such a low turn out as ours, we don't need to flip anybody. We just need to increase the number voting. We're already in the voting majority just not enough so that we win the electoral college. But you all can go ahead and try to flip Shit Gibbon's supporters. I'm done with them and that includes family.

LonePirate

(13,379 posts)
7. Exactly! Can we keep Roberto and deport Helen instead?
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 01:15 PM
Mar 2017

She is the typical 45 voter - dumb as dirt. On second thought, she might be dumber than the typical 45 voter given her life experiences from the past twenty years.

Solly Mack

(90,730 posts)
8. "...but she didnt think her husband would face that fate."
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 01:24 PM
Mar 2017

She walks, completely dry, through the rain. Because the rain would never fall on her.

hatrack

(59,387 posts)
10. This seemed somehow . . . appropriate.
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 01:47 PM
Mar 2017

"They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say 'Shit, it's raining!'

yodermon

(6,143 posts)
9. He's married to a US citizen and he's still getting deported? WTF?
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 01:45 PM
Mar 2017

He should have gotten a green card with no problems. I'm confused.

metalbot

(1,058 posts)
14. It depends
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 02:39 PM
Mar 2017

If you marry a citizen in the US while you are in the US illegally, whether or not you are green card eligible depends on whether or not you entered the country legally and overstayed (which is easy to get past) or if you entered the country illegally (coming across a border without permission). The latter is actually a crime, which can prevent you from being eligible for a green card. Furthermore, even if you entered legally, if you have caught overstaying your visa, that can be a significant barrier to a green card.

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