Tail Light: Immigration Enforcement and u.s.-Born Children

tail light: Luis Barrios, a married father of four U.S.-born children, is scheduled to board a flight from New York to Guatemala on Thursday morning, according to Metro News. Immigration officials had allowed him to stay in the U.S. since his illegal status was flagged in a 2011 traffic stop over a broken tail light, but they changed course after President Donald Trump took office and made immigration enforcement a priority. An immigrant facing deportation to Guatemala has the support of Connecticut's two U.S. senators, who are trying to prevent him from being sent back to a country he left 25 years ago amid threats to his family. His lawyer and members of Connecticut's congressional delegation are urging federal immigration officials to reverse the deportation order, and Barrios is seeking asylum. Based on Mr. About 100 of his supporters rallied Tuesday outside the federal courthouse in Hartford, with 19 of them being charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct for blocking the courthouse entrance. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.