U.S. Citizen Deported to Guatemala!

The link to huffington post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/23/federal-officials-4-year-old-us-citi...
Link to the opinion on CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/03/23/navarrette.child.deported/index.html?hp...

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News & Politics

Tags:

• US
• citizen
• guatemala
• immigration
• constitution

[lduych]

@SpinozasPsyche You are right.

Americans don't complain about illegal immigration from Canada because such is virtually non-existent. But Canadians are complaining about the illegal from just south of their Canadian border!

[MartinJWillett]

@cidisking At the time it was written there were no financial incentives to become an American citizen, it wasn't a valuable prize. No doubt if they were around today they would have come up with different rights. Not being a US citizen I am not obliged to regard these men as super-human paragons of wisdom, I see them as dead politicians, men of their own time.

[MartinJWillett]

@Yoskyal I have not come from Europe, I never left.

[cidisking]

@MartinJWillett It's not absurd. It's in the U.S. Constitution. The same document that allows people to carry guns, have freedom of speech and freedom of religion in this country. So absurd of the forefathers right?!? Right?!?

[thevinend]

@lsi624 Have you been there? It is a pretty dangerous place (limited view) I recall going to Tikal and turned back at border, from Belize, as a common occurrence of a rouge group kidnapping, robbing, and killing ppl. Not a small group but, more like a millitary platoon.

That said, its likely the most tourist crossed border and I had to end plans of further travel inland. Wonderful people, avg citizens-a nicer more moral bunch you will not find in US! Very, very honest & trusting. True beauty.

[thevinend]

@thevinend Go back in time before it was closed down the child would likely be imprisoned in Hutto. The insanity of this place was crazy, I recall yrs back OK for accuracy goog "Children are no longer required to wear prison uniforms and are allowed much more time outdoors"

I recalled this line as my jaw dropped, along with all the Nazi-esque stories surrounding the rounding up and deportation of, sick/dying, millitary veterans, pregnant women. 

This was a NON-story-to distract from the real

[thevinend]

I believe your observations are quite correct, as with your final synopsis BUT, really what decent parents are going to leave their child as they may get in trouble/deported? Something not right with that as it is #1!! Question beyond anything else.

Since it was not addressed. left open. the ICE or whomever was in the right(?) these things do not add up. WHY?

My guess is its a story/news because it show guilt, neglect & +- doing the right thing. cont....

[lsi624]

For those of you un-informed...Life in Guatemala is far better than life in the United States of America. The whole family is in a better place.

[Belo118]

@lsi624 you must be a native American...more power to you.....=|

[Belo118]

@TheSINALOAG3 LMAO