“Almost 400 women have been slain in Juarez since 1993, about 100 of them in similar ways, generally involving rape, strangulation and mutilation.

There’s no record of any deportations in the 1990s, but Granados pleaded guilty in 2001 to felony cocaine possession in exchange for 10 years probation and a promise to stay in Mexico and out of trouble. The probation was to be revoked if Granados re-entered the United States illegally, got caught with drugs or committed any crimes.

Granados did all that and more: Since receiving the probated sentence, he’s been arrested, charged or convicted on county, state and federal offenses in the United States at least six times, records show. His latest charge came in January, when he grabbed a television set in the county jail and smashed it on the floor, according to an El Paso sheriff’s deputy.”

That was in El Paso, a sanctuary city, however, and I guess they don’t like deportation orders.

What do you think?
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/nation/15374299.htm?source=rss&channel=cctimes_nation
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“Records show Garcia-Morales was most recently deported March 3 to Mexico and previously forced to leave the United States on Sept. 27, 2004; April 15, 2004; Dec. 31, 2003; Oct. 4, 2003 and July 29, 2003. He was voluntarily deported Aug. 23, 2000.

Records show Garcia-Morales was convicted in September 2005 in Arizona on an illegal re-entry charge and sentenced to eight months in prison.

A year earlier he was arrested driving a 1989 Lincoln “loaded with concealed (smuggled) aliens” on Interstate 10 near Picaco, Ariz., records show.

Records also show Garcia-Morales was convicted of misdemeanor drug possession in Las Vegas in February 2000 and sentenced to 45 days as part of a plea agreement after he was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to sell, possession of an unregistered firearm and drawing a deadly weapon in a threatening manner.
Assistant U.S. Attorney James Brooks said at the Friday hearing that if Garcia-Morales is convicted, the maximum possible penalty is 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.”

So, this is enforcement? They didn’t even prosecute the human smuggling charge!

What do you think?
http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=5356702&nav=menu216_3_5

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Illegal is anything that is against the law including drug trafficking, smuggling, terrorism or crossing the border into a country.

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SIERRA VISTA — A Buena High School student is in jail on narcotics charges, and his family has been deported to Mexico, after the student was arrested on campus Monday.

Hector Romero Salazar, 18, is being held without bond at the Cochise County Jail in Bisbee, Cochise County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Carol Capas said.

Sierra Vista police Sgt. Daryl Copp said police responded to the high school, 5225 E. Buena School Blvd., Monday afternoon after school security reported a problem needing police attention.

On Wednesday, police would not say what the situation at the school was, but did say Salazar was arrested on “charges of a possession of narcotic drugs for sale on school grounds” on Monday.

According to records at the county jail, Salazar is charged with possession of a narcotic drug, possession of paraphernalia, possession of a dangerous drug and possession of a narcotic drug with intent to sell.

A U.S. Border Patrol hold is in place pending Salazar’s release from the county jail in order to officially sort out whether or not Salazar is in the country legally, Tucson Sector Border Patrol spokeswoman Dove Haber said.

Salazar’s arrest also led to police requesting a search warrant for his family’s home at 728 Four Winds Circle, which they received.

Salazar’s family has been deported to Mexico following the execution of a search warrant at the residence Tuesday, which turned up forged and illegal I-9 immigration paperwork, said Vincent Picard, a U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement spokesman in Phoenix.

“We did take the members of Mr. Salazar’s family into custody, and they’ve been returned to Mexico,” Picard said.

Sierra Vista police officers conducted the search and seized the fraudulent immigration documents, Picard said.

Sierra Vista police reported that they also found cocaine, packaged for sale and having an estimated street value of $500 to $600, as they searched the home. http://www.svherald.com/articles/2008/01/31/news/doc47a16bec9d63f919507182.txt
Let me get this straight. The kid is arrested for drugs (probable felonies), but the parents are deported and not charged for forged federal documents/ID’s.

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Many thanks in advance to those who reply,

My situation is simply this. My brother came to the U.S.A. at the age of 9 obtained a social security number, but went back to England at the age of 12. He never obtained a citizenship.

Fast forward to now, he is 39 and 4 years ago was found guilty of drug possession. Since then he has cleaned up etc etc. He now wants to move here with me, a US citizen.

With having a felony on his record, will this prevent him from obtaining a visa? Or will they restrict him to a certain time? Also can he ever become a citizen, granted he stays out of trouble etc?

Any web links would be helpful also.

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