MSNBC: Illegal Immigrant Too Old for DACA Deported After 30 Years

‘An undocumented Mexican immigrant who has called the United States his home for 30 years deported yesterday’

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BRZEZINSKI: "Yeah, it's an undocumented Mexican immigrant who has called the United States his home for 30 years deported yesterday. The emotional scene unfolded at a security gate in the Detroit Metropolitan Airport as Jorge Garcia, accompanied by two Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents, said good-bye to his wife and two teenaged children. The 'Detroit Free Press' reports that 39-year-old Garcia was brought to the U.S. by a family member when he was 10 years old. Though he was facing an order of removal since 2009, he received stays to remain in the U.S. under the Obama Administration. However, due to the Trump Administration’s immigration crackdown, Garcia was ordered to return to Mexico last November. Garcia, who has his supporters, says he has no criminal record, pays his taxes every year. Too old to qualify to stay in the U.S. under DACA, which only applies to undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. born after June 15th, 1981."

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