Immigrant Father of U.S. Marine Faces Deportation

The Washington Post published a story today on the possible deportation of an illegal immigrant father of a Marine in Kentucky. Juan Andres, a citizen of Guatemala, came to the U.S. as a teenager; he is now 41. Mr. Andres has five U.S. Citizen children, one of which is a Marine awaiting deployment to Afghanistan.

On December 9th of this year Mr. Andres was arrested after accompanying a friend to an immigration office in Louisville, Kentucky to act as a translator. An official in the office suspected Mr. Andres was not in legal status and he was arrested.

According to the immigration attorney of Mr. Andres, they are asking that his case go before an immigration judge. If he is granted a hearing, Mr. Andres will be seeking ten year cancellation of removal, in an attempt to become a permanent resident. Mr. Andres is currently in immigration custody awaiting a hearing.

To read the full story, please click http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/30/AR2010123002115.html

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