AZMEX I3 12-2-18

AZMEX I3 12 FEB 2018



Phoenix church offers sanctuary to man about to be deported
BY KTAR.COM | FEBRUARY 12, 2018 AT 8:30 AM
UPDATED: FEBRUARY 12, 2018 AT 9:21 AM

http://ktar.com/story/1945132/phoenix-church-offers-sanctuary-to-man-about-to-be-deported/

PHOENIX — A Phoenix church has given sanctuary to a man facing deportation for the third time, so he can remain with his sick child and pregnant wife.

CBS News reported Monday that undocumented immigrant Jesus Berrones and his family were staying at the Shadow Rock United Church of Christ.

Berrones, 30, told the news program "CBS This Morning" that "I will fight to stay here."
Berrones' 5-year-old son has leukemia, he said, and since his five-months pregnant wife can't touch the medication, Berrones gives the boy his medicine.

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His lawyer, Garrett Wilkes, told KTAR News 92.3 FM that Berrones had been granted a yearlong stay of removal in 2016 by the federal government but the next application was denied.

Berrones checked in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in December and was informed he would be deported in 30 days.

Court documents showed Berrones had been arrested as a teenager in 2006 for having a fake ID. He voluntarily went back to Mexico but came back illegally a short time later.
He was arrested on illegal re-entry charges in 2016. Wilkes said that conviction was set aside.

"We not asking ICE to stay his removal … we're wanting ICE to give him a notice to appear, which means he has to start fighting his deportation in a court.
"… We're just asking for an opportunity to allow the judicial process to take place."

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CBS News reported that Berrones was brought to Arizona as a toddler by his parents and attended Phoenix schools. His 24-year-old wife is an American citizen.

Berrones' voluntary removal as an adult disqualified him for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Wilkes said. Now, Berrones and his family will be at the church for the foreseeable future.

According to the ICE website, churches, schools and hospitals were considered "sensitive locations" and to avoid making arrests at those places. Arrests can be made under three circumstances: imminent danger to life and/or property, other law enforcement actions led ICE to the location or ICE had received prior approval from a designated supervisory official.

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Don't forget:
Mexico decides who enters our country
"the decisions of who enters Mexico, are made by Mexico and only Mexico"
Luis Videgaray Caso, Mexican Foreign Minister
10 March, 2017

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