Emerson Colindres had no criminal record and was attending appointment with ICE when detained

A teenage student and soccer stand-out was arrested by immigration authorities four days after his high school graduation ceremony in Ohio earlier this month, and deported to Honduras this week, his family has said.

Emerson Colindres, 19, had no criminal record and was attending a regularly scheduled appointment with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Cincinnati when he was detained on 4 June, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.

His parents told the newspaper he was deported on Wednesday to a country he has not lived in since he was 8 years old.

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[–] 37 points 1 year ago (19 children)

I guess we have different values.

I don't see it as a moral good to kick someone out of the country if they would make a good citizen. I don't see it as an economic good to remove a productive member of society. I don't see how the ongoing ICE campaign to instill fear in our immigrant population is good for our communities.

Just because it's the law doesn't make it right.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    You said it better than I've ever heard, and what you've said is going to become part of my talking points against all the bullshit and cruelty of ICE and Trump's war on non-white people.

    You're why I'm on Lemmy.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Maybe you can help me understand how kicking this kid out makes our country better?

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    The kid had 10 years to do what exactly?

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    Sure, but im curious what you think an underage child can do about it themselves.

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    Walk me through a ten year old obtaining any legal documents pertaining to their citizenship in the US.

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