Decorated Marine vet may be deported, despite likely U.S. citizenship

[ProbeGT 47]

https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082517_marine_deportation/decorated-marine-vet-may-deported-despite-likely-us-citizenship/

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/01/george-ybarra-veteran-deportation-mexico-arizona

 

This is an interesting and obscure case from a few years ago.  Does anybody know what parts of the INA apply here? 

[Boiler 45,467]

Quite amused but sadly not surprised by the Guardian coverage. A good example of how to twist a story.

 

The Tucson Sentinel coverage is much much better but still raises a few questions, seems he was a LPR but then states his mother did not claim citizenship until later, so how did he enter the country?

 

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If federal prosecutors are able to successfully argue that the time to grant Ybarra his citizenship has passed, as Parra fears they will, then arguing for Ybarra's deportation based on his criminal record — particularly the aggravated assault conviction — is "a slam-dunk case for the government."

This seems to be the most telling comment.

[ProbeGT 47]

Apparently a judge ruled that he is a citizen (per the article, but still)

Is that given the same weight as an N-600? 

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1 minute ago, ProbeGT said:

Apparently a judge ruled that he is a citizen (per the article, but still)

Is that given the same weight as an N-600? 

It was sometime ago, maybe the appeal has been heard?

[Steeleballz 7,550]

20 hours ago, ProbeGT said:

https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082517_marine_deportation/decorated-marine-vet-may-deported-despite-likely-us-citizenship/

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/01/george-ybarra-veteran-deportation-mexico-arizona

 

This is an interesting and obscure case from a few years ago.  Does anybody know what parts of the INA apply here? 

 

  Interesting that the article references the case of Mark Daniel Lyttle, who was a natural born USC with no ties to any foreign country, also detained by ICE and eventually deported. That may be the best answer to the question regarding what part of the INA actually applies. Sometimes the system itself fails.

Edited January 26, 2021 by Steeleballz

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Lyttle was born in the US and has major mental issues.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

Lyttle was born in the US and has major mental issues.

 

  Indeed and yet he somehow still got deported. I'm still not sure how they would have ever got to that point, as there was a preponderance of evidence to show that he was both a USC and that he had mental health issues. I think just the fact that it happened is enough to show us that there are certainly some flaws in how the system is intended to work vs how it actually works. We could ask why, but DHS paid $175000 so that they wouldn't have to answer that question.