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By Tashieka Mair, Star Writer
WESTERN BUREAU
Just four days after two illegal immigrants from Haiti were given deportation orders in the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Montego </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Bay</SPAN> Resident Magistrate's Court, another Haitian met the same fate.
Engineer, Juis Rafael, 30, was ordered deported after pleading guilty to the charge of illegal entry and the revelation that he did not have any travel documents to go back home voluntarily.
He was also fined $10,000 or three months' jail time on Tuesday when he appeared before RM Winsome Henry.
Through an interpreter, the father of two told the court that he tried to flee from the hardship he was experiencing in Haiti. He said that he "fell in love with <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Jamaica</SPAN>" and decided to seek better life here.
The facts are that on December 29 about 11 a.m., a team of <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">police</SPAN> conducted a raid and arrested Rafael. He was later handed over to immigration and was interviewed.
He revealed that he arrived in Kingston in October 2005 on a <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">fishing</SPAN> boat with others and has been living in Granville, St. James, since.
On December 29, two other Haitians, 30-year-old Paul Ren?nd Gilbert Rafael, 28, pleaded guilty to illegal en
By Tashieka Mair, Star Writer
WESTERN BUREAU
Just four days after two illegal immigrants from Haiti were given deportation orders in the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Montego </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Bay</SPAN> Resident Magistrate's Court, another Haitian met the same fate.
Engineer, Juis Rafael, 30, was ordered deported after pleading guilty to the charge of illegal entry and the revelation that he did not have any travel documents to go back home voluntarily.
He was also fined $10,000 or three months' jail time on Tuesday when he appeared before RM Winsome Henry.
Through an interpreter, the father of two told the court that he tried to flee from the hardship he was experiencing in Haiti. He said that he "fell in love with <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Jamaica</SPAN>" and decided to seek better life here.
The facts are that on December 29 about 11 a.m., a team of <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">police</SPAN> conducted a raid and arrested Rafael. He was later handed over to immigration and was interviewed.
He revealed that he arrived in Kingston in October 2005 on a <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">fishing</SPAN> boat with others and has been living in Granville, St. James, since.
On December 29, two other Haitians, 30-year-old Paul Ren?nd Gilbert Rafael, 28, pleaded guilty to illegal en