The family of a deceased man claimed that U.S. immigration officials tried to deport him back to Central America.Nasin Mauricio Rivera was supposed to attend a deportation hearing in November 2008 after he was arrested for a restraining-order violation. Yet he died suddenly in August and his body was subsequently shipped to his native El Salvador for burial. Nevertheless, his deportation case remains open since Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials rejected the photocopy of Rivera’s death certificate presented by his family at the deceased’s immigration hearing.
Representatives and family of the deceased man are understandably miffed at ICE’s incompetence:
"To us, it's a matter of principle -- a dead person should not be deported," said immigration attorney Edgardo Quintanilla…Immigration reform cannot come soon enough.
"It's the most ridiculous thing I have heard," (Rivera’s widow, Blanca Ramirez) said.
Image- Los Angeles Times (“Blanca Ramirez, right, with her daughter, Amy Rivera, doesn’t understand why the deportation case against her late husband is proceeding.)”
Online Sources- SFGate.com, Los Angeles Times
To me, this seems more like incompetent reporting. Has everyome totally missed the point that the ICE required a certified death certificate? The government ALWAYS requires certified copies of things like birth and death certificates.
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