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Green card holder, walking dog: deported

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15 pointsKnuthIsGod10 comments

I hate when these articles include quotes from family/friends. It’s completely pointless. Of course he is a great guy as far as his family and friends are concerned. You even see these testimonials in cases where the person was demonstrably a nuisance to society (I am not saying this is one of those cases).

"Following his criminal conviction, Zavvar was placed into removal proceedings. A judge issued him a final order of removal in 2007. Zavvar had almost 20 years to self-deport and leave the U.S."

"Federal immigration authorities continue to pursue deportations not only of undocumented immigrants but also of former green card holders with past criminal records."

Seems more than fair to me.

You omitted this part:

>The attorney said the case was resolved in October 2007, when Zavvar was granted a withholding of removal order to Iran, allowing him to remain in the U.S. and continue working legally.

It appears he's still in the USA and so, if you are correct and his attorney is correct, he will be released.

That seems optimistic. He will be released if the government obeys the law.

Read on: “According to the family's attorney, Zavvar was charged with a misdemeanor for marijuana possession in the late 1990s...The attorney said the case was resolved in October 2007, when Zavvar was granted a withholding of removal order to Iran, allowing him to remain in the U.S. and continue working legally.”

So it’s not at all clear. Also, this man arrived in the US from Iran when he was 12 years old. Now the “government has issued deportation orders to either Romania or Australia, without providing any explanation.”

Dumping a man who has lived here for 40 years in a strange country where he has no connections, because of “attempted” marijuana possession 20 years ago, doesn’t seem either fair or remotely humane, not to mention sane, to me.

"Fair"? "Sane"?

We are "A government of laws, and not of men." -John Adams

"Life is a bitch and then you die." - Tony Daniels

Both sides should be pleased that no one ate the dog.

'A government of laws...' Ah-ha-ha. For some.

The guy, with a green-card, was in his late 20s when he 'possessed' marijuana. Oh, the shame, the infamy, the degradation!

"McLaughlin told Newsweek: "if you break the law, you will face the consequences. Criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the U.S." Hard-ass bogus bullshit. Why not be hard-ass about criminal native citizens as well? Be like the President ... NEVER break a law - ANY law - or you're out.

He was not illegal, his 'crime' was self-medication with a substance now legal in many jurisdictions, and he 'was granted a withholding of removal order' in 2007 ... 18 years ago.

How many of the hardasses approving this action ...deportation to 'either Romania or Australia' are themselves 'marijuana criminals'? Capitulation to this kind of crap will lead us into an era of misery.

Gerrymandering and bribery are only legal in America and third-world countries.

Self-deport where? He moved here when he was twelve.

Not to mention...

>According to the family's attorney, Zavvar was charged with a misdemeanor for marijuana possession in the late 1990s. In 2004, he was stopped while reentering the country, which initiated deportation proceedings.

Biden pardoned simple marijuana possession.

https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/president...

>which pardon shall restore to them full political, civil, and other rights.

I think it stands to reason that covers orders to give up all rights and self-deport, as a consequence of simple marijuana possession.

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