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Capt Gregory Prickett
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Well, that removes the state conviction that the federal government was trying to use to base the deportation on. I don't know if that mean ICE has to find another reason or not. LTC (Join to see) might be able to answer that question.
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LTC Immigration Judge
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Pardons don’t always work as immigration law does not generally recognize rehabilitative relief.
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Susan Foster
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Considering how long ago their crimes, and what they would have to return to, I applaud him for being merciful in these cases.
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Gov Brown did the right thing. A guy who is a legal resident makes a mistake in 1995. He serves 5 years in prison, is released in 2000,, turns his life around, and for the next 18 years lives as a productive member of society. Then ICE comes along and says "remember that crime you did and paid your debt to society 18 years ago? Well, under the fine print of a green card, we are NOW going to deport you because you are a bad hombre".

In these pardon cases, the people have made mistakes, some relatively minor, paid their penalty, and then lived crime free lives for years and years. Now ICE is trying to send them back to countries where in some cases they haven't lived in since they were 1 years old. It's a crock to try and say that these people are a threat to society and need to be removed from our country. This is a hateful policy based upon a technicality.

Brown has also pardoned some vets who were then able to get their citizenship. The power of the pardon is about applying judgement and compassion to situations where a super strict technical application of a law can lead to an unfair or unjust outcome. I'd much rather see people like this pardoned that that racists sheriff Arpaio.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hector-barajas-deported-citizenship-deported-veterans-support-house-tijuana-jerry-brown-pardon-a8282096.html
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1stSgt Eugene Harless
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Do you read the crimes he was convicted of? While he might have changed his life, he was no plaster saint and deserved to get deported. I really hope he straightened out, otherwise we will be paying for his accommodations. Service does not guarantee citizenship, it just expedites it for those that apply.
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