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dickthegrouch

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3. It's likely a ploy to deport the rest of the family

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 04:27 PM

19 hrs ago

Before they can (afford to) apply for U-Visas as victims of crime within the US.
There is, of course, another corollary in that the family has to be instrumental in assisting the cops solve the crime. That might be impossible if it was some random teenaged asshole with a gun who killed him.

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Dead but deportable: US immigration judge signed order to eject teen murder victim [View all] erronis 19 hrs ago OP

Will they dig him up to prove to the judge he's truly dead, and deportable? Bayard 19 hrs ago #1

"We decided we can still harass his family by pretending to track him down" struggle4progress 19 hrs ago #2

It's likely a ploy to deport the rest of the family dickthegrouch 19 hrs ago #3

+ struggle4progress 19 hrs ago #4

So, the lawyer had a police report verifying her client was DEAD, yet the judge found it insufficient proof of his death riversedge 18 hrs ago #5