Houston police chief hits order to deport child without family: 'Nazis enforced their laws as well'

[babylonsister]

Houston police chief hits order to deport child without family: 'Nazis enforced their laws as well'
By Morgan Gstalter - 04/12/19 03:14 PM EDT


Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo on Friday blasted a recent immigration order, likely triggered by accident during the government shutdown, to deport an 11-year-old migrant girl without her family.

Acevedo took to Twitter to slam the “heart-wrenching” news that Laura Maradiaga would be sent back to her native El Salvador alone.

Link to tweet

Acevedo was sharing a Houston Chronicle report detailing the deportation order against the child.

Maradiaga and her family entered the U.S. through the southern border in early October and claimed asylum. They have checked in with immigration officials without fail every two weeks. The family was given a February court date that was rescheduled to March 12 due to the government shutdown, the Chronicle reported.

Maradiaga’s official order states that she is subject to deportation because she was not present for the March 12 court appearance. Her mother Dora Alvarado, however, said she arrived at an immigration court that day with both of her daughters but was told that Maradiaga was not listed on the docket.

The newspaper noted that it is unclear if the court translator available that day provided incorrect information or if the case fell through logistical cracks given the backlog of asylum cases delayed by the record-long partial government shutdown.

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[Ferrets are Cool]

1. K and R with all my heart

[Karadeniz]

2. So, will Acevedo defy the order? He didn't say he would. I hope he does.

[sandensea]

3. Thank you, Chief Acevedo

Many of those who committed abuses during the most brutal dictatorships since 1945 have all claimed the same defense:

"Due obedience."

But there's no such thing when it comes to violating human rights, or breaking the law in general.

Thanks for reminding our fellow Americans of that. What with the lawless president we have, people need to be reminded now and then.