$72,712 to detain Guzman

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A Guatemalan citizen, Pedro Guzman entered the U.S. illegally with his mother when he was 8, but he was later granted a work permit.

Since he entered as a minor, his immigration status depended on his mother's. When she was denied permanent residency in 2008, his immigration status was invalidated. Immigration services sent him a notice to appear in court, but to the wrong address, a mistake that the immigration office later took the blame for.

A Guatemalan citizen, Pedro Guzman entered the U.S. illegally with his mother when he was 8, but he was later granted a work permit. Since he entered as a minor, his immigration status depended on his mother's. When she was denied permanent residency in 2008, his immigration status was invalidated. Immigration services sent him a notice to appear in court, but to the wrong address, a mistake that the immigration office later took the blame for.

When Guzman failed to appear, they ordered him deported.

Guzman learned of his deportation order a year later, when immigration services denied his work visa renewal.

"If we would have sent a lawyer with his mother, she would have been granted permanent residency," Emily Guzman said. "Then we wouldn't be in this mess, I know we wouldn't."

The price for the government to hold Pedro Guzman is also steep.

Detaining an immigrant costs $122 a day, according to a statement that John Morton, the director of ICE, made to the House Appropriations Committee last year.

That's $72,712 to detain Guzman from his arrest till a hearing May 16, when a judge will decide whether he can stay in the country.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/04/21/20110421family-immigration-saga.html#ixzz1KCyyzFev

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[mawilson 2,133]

The price for the government to hold Pedro Guzman is also steep.

Detaining an immigrant costs $122 a day

Maybe they can sell his organs to recoup the cost.

[luckytxn 2,265]

What a shame that his parent was a criminal and brought him into the criminality. Bye bye.

[wshc 46]

Is there a point to this article being written and presented here? To start a discussion maybe?

Okay, I will take the bait. The Immigration System is broken, we all know that and have experienced that. So why are there so many articles about illegals and how bad the system treats them? Where are the articles about people going legally through the system and enduring the pitfuls and bad sides that a borken Government system has to offer? That would be an interesting discussion. How can the LEGAL immigrant community get the attention of the media so that the system can be fixed for law abiding citizens and their loved ones?