US Veteran Deported to Jamaica

[Hortical]

A US veteran, deported and struggling in Jamaica

BOHEMIA, Jamaica (AP) — Howard Bailey joined the U.S. Navy straight out of high school in Brooklyn figuring he would see the world. He didn't expect to end up back in his native Jamaica, raising pigs and barely getting by in the poor village of his childhood.



The 43-year-old father of two was deported in May 2012 from the U.S. to his Caribbean homeland because he was convicted of a marijuana-related felony drug charge in 1997 — despite the four years he served in the Navy, including a few months on a supply ship during the first Gulf War

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[Time]

Sad, but there is no hope for him because it is a felony drug conviction. Here is a more detailed article.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/sto...l#.U5E5l013tMs

[Jangle]

That's tough and sad.

[Hortical]

Its a hopeless case unfortunately.

[Gamma]

dang! i cannot imagine being torn from my family like that....don't even want to try to imagine...

[Time]

dang! i cannot imagine being torn from my family like that....don't even want to try to imagine...

The Obama administration is reviewing pardon applications for thousands of cases with mandatory drug sentences for people still in prison. He is out of prison but maybe he should try for a Presidential pardon. If he gets the pardon then an immigration judge may be able to give him back the green card or his wife may be able for file for him.

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/house-gop...rdon-attorneys

[MdmeX]

Sad. Question - was it an innocent act to allow someone you hardly knew to ship boxes to your address - the house you share with your family? As a trucker he lost his street smarts.

The man would have had had to find a post office box or have them delivered to base.

[Hortical]

Some facts are missing and that's his side of the story. Maybe he thought he could make some quick $$$$$.

[Sir X]

Heard another one , about a young man got busted in PA for ganja,did his probation for a spliff, 2 years passed , got a speeding ticket in NY and went to pay it only to be held by Immigration,deported ...this was when the Duduss thing was going down.

A spliff is a serious thing in the immigration process.

[Bricktop]

Him wife lef him long time and find new man...yuh never read the story...

[Time]

Him wife lef him long time and find new man...yuh never read the story...

Yup. I just saw something else, the private facility. Private facility needs customers in order to make a profit. That is what is driving the arrests.

Then I was shackled in chains with a group of other men and flown 2,000 miles to the Otero immigration processing center, a private facility run under contract with ICE in the high desert outside of Las Cruces, New Mexico

Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/sto...#ixzz33ygUWaMJ

[Islandman]

Well, I don't know. Seems to be mostly a policy thing.

It is a little known fact that the Obama administration has been deporting people at a faster rate than any other administration. I think it is good policy because for the most part the people being deported are convicted felons.

Unfortunately this guy got caught up in a bad situation and appears to have been given bad advice. Assuming of course that what he is saying is true.

[MdmeX]

Assuming of course that what he is saying is true.

[Time]

Well, I don't know. Seems to be mostly a policy thing.

It is a little known fact that the Obama administration has been deporting people at a faster rate than any other administration. I think it is good policy because for the most part the people being deported are convicted felons.

Unfortunately this guy got caught up in a bad situation and appears to have been given bad advice. Assuming of course that what he is saying is true.

Little know fact? The Hispanic and Black community have been raising their voices about it!

[HL]

Such a pity that Jamaica is not a progressive place--where if you are deported, you simply say thanks!!

Lot's of folks would deport themselves (voluntarily) .