Mr. Isidro Perez, a seventy-five-year-old Cuban National
who had been living in
the U.S. for nearly sixty years prior to his arrest by ICE last
month, posed no danger to anyone or to our government.
In the 1960s, he was granted official permission to reside
in the U.S. In the 1980s, he had two marijuana convictions for
which he served his time. Following his
release from prison in the 1980s, he had no criminal record
and was a productive, tax-paying resident of the U.S.
In June, ICE used the 1980s convictions against him
and detained him in the Krome Detention Facility in West Miami-Dade.
He had heart issues which caused his death in that facility.
Yes, non-citizens who are bad actors should be detained and
then deported. Mr. Perez was not such a person.
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