His family came to pick him up from Oregon prison. ICE was waiting too – oregonlive.com:
Gamez’s arrest is a rare example in Oregon of ICE officers targeting someone with a criminal record. Last year, Oregon saw 1,655 immigration arrests, and in 76% of those cases, the subjects had no pending criminal charges or convictions, according to research from the University of Washington Center for Human Rights.
So we have a verifiable criminal being arrested and deported and now that’s problematic, too?
Plus, “criminal record” or “pending criminal charges” are the wrong metrics. The question is: “Is this person legally in the United States?”
Gamez came to the United States from Michoacán, Mexico when he was 7, his sister said. At 17, a teenage girl made accusations that got him arrested and put him on ICE’s radar, his sister said. But the criminal case in Washington County never went anywhere, and that same year he earned deportation protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, his sister said.
Since he would have been a minor, we’re not going to be able to verify whether the criminal case “never went anywhere” (whatever that means—community service? Suspended sentence? Dismissed?). But if he’s in DACA, I’m surprised to hear that he’s been arrested by ICE.
Oregon court records show no criminal cases against Gamez until 2022…
Like not breaking the law is some sort of accomplishment.
…when he was accused of refusing to leave a home where he strangled, assaulted and harassed his partner. He was convicted in the domestic violence incident in November 2024 and sentenced to 2.5 years in prison but was allowed to earn early release for good behavior.
Jesus. I think I’m okay with him being deported.
His sister said he lost his DACA status while in prison.
Actually, he lost DACA when he was convicted of a felony. The core rule is that to keep DACA a person must avoid felonies, significant misdemeanors, multiple misdemeanors, and not pose a threat to public safety. We don’t want criminals in the United States.
Bye!