This Senator Launched A Frantic Tweetstorm To Prevent An Undocumented Five-Year-Old From Being Depor

[Judi Lynn]

by Penn Collins
May 9, 2017


While many politicians seem content to address the issue of immigration and deportation from a policy standpoint, last Thursday, Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey spearheaded a frantic effort to find a boy and his mother before they were deported to Honduras. The two had arrived in the United States illegally seeking asylum after the mother felt their lives were in danger as a result of her witnessing the murder of her cousin in her home country. The two fled Honduras and eventually made their way to the United States.

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Casey’s urgency came about after he learned that the child could be eligible for a Special Immigrant Juvenile status, which affords neglected children a special exemption that allows them to remain in the country as legal aliens. Unfortunately, the boy and his mother were expeditiously moved through the deportation process while Casey was striving to contact them.

Casey discussed his effort and the curiously fast track that sent the boy and his mother out of the country so quickly. “The last couple of days — 24 hours now — to say they’ve been frustrating would be an understatement,” Casey said in a conference call (via A Plus) with the press. “The Department of Homeland Security has an obligation to keep our country safe, in addition to other agencies in the federal government, but it seems like the focus has been on a 5-year-old and his mother, instead of using every resource and ounce of focus on folks that pose a real threat and danger to the country.”

More:
https://www.good.is/articles/senator-immigrant-deported

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1. Thank You, Sen.Casey, for compassion & efforts.

Thanks for this post.
Bless all of 'em in this situation. ❤