Florida grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in US

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Tampa Bay Times

Paul John Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a German refugee camp a year after World War II ended. His family legally emigrated to the United States in 1952 when he was five.

More than seven decades later, the 79-year-old Sanford grandfather – still a man without a country – found himself in legal limbo in the Alligator Alcatraz detention camp in the Everglades, picked up on a decades-old deportation order authorities had previously chosen not to enforce.

Bojerski’s case is complex and unusual – the most bizarre one his immigration attorney says he has handled in 30 years – but also part of the Trump administration’s widespread effort to deport millions of immigrants who it claims lack legal standing to be in the U.S, even those who lived here for decades with full knowledge of immigration officials.

The retired optician, taken into custody late last month, was recently moved to the Krome Detention Center in Miami and has a bond hearing on Nov. 18. His family worries his health is failing while he’s in custody and fears for his future.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/florida-grandfather-born-refugee-camp-175719152.html

[newdeal2]

1. Sick fucks

Leave this man alone.

[dem4decades]

2. Reminds me of a certain European country last century.

[orangecrush]

10. Exactly

[IronLionZion]

11. I'm sure the man in question is very much reminded of that considering where/when he was born

[Diamond_Dog]

3. Disgusting and appalling.

Leave him alone. Go after actual criminals.

[Jose Garcia]

4. You have read to the 32nd paragraph to find out he is a convicted rapist

[orangecrush]

12. Read it all

"According to his wife, the rape charge was related to an incident at a fraternity party, where several other students sexually abused a young woman. Bojerski said he didn’t participate but was arrested along with the others. She said the other men took plea deals but he didn’t because he believed he did nothing wrong.

“He has never trusted the system since then,” Gayle Bojerski said."

[fujiyamasan]

16. He should have used the "I like beer" defense

[Jose Garcia]

17. So he stood by while his friends raped a women, but didn't actually do any raping

[KS Toronado]

18. Most people do not have the guts or strength to take on a group of people

doing so could get the group to focus on you with evil intentions.

[bronxiteforever]

5. Everyday the GOP destroys decent people

who have made a life in this country, The GOP is a cult dedicated to hatred and darkness.

[Deuxcents]

6. This man was born in a refugee camp and will live out his last years in a different kind of camp. 😢

[UpInArms]

8. The cruelty is a feature

Not a bug

I can hardly believe this is my country

[Iggo]

9. Hurt as many people as possible.

Cruelty is the point.

[rubbersole]

13. Gotta make Stephen's quota.

That $50K sign on bonus isn't going to earn itself.

[Buddyzbuddy]

14. The Bold, the proud ICE.

Hold your covered faces high, you f*cking cowards.

[young_at_heart]

15. The cruelty is sickening!!

How on earth has this country deteriorated so badly and so quickly? Why are they not ashamed of what they are "enforcing"!!!

[maxsolomon]

19. "Decades old deportation order".

They're turning over every rock to meet their quotas.

Remember, kids: Obama deported 3.1 million in 8 years.