Reprieve granted to three deported minors

In a rare moment of clarity, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reversed its decision to deport three teens on their way to school.

The three minors between the ages of 15 and 17 were nabbed last month in San Diego while waiting at a trolley stop. The minors were not engaging in any crime at the time of arrest and their parents were living in the U.S. Yet immigration officials claimed that they couldn’t find the teens’ legal guardians and thus sent them to Mexico.

After uproar by the community and immigrants rights activists, DHS granted the kids a “humanitarian parole” and allowed them to return to the U.S. Though proper procedure was not followed by immigration officials, DHS claimed that “authorities took into account the totality of the circumstances and what was in the best interest of the minors and their families.” The three former deportees will be granted the chance to appear in front of a judge to argue their case and could be sent to Mexico again.

The above case demonstrates one of the main fallacies if the current immigration policy: the agenizing splitting of families. Yesterday, the nonprofit American Fraternity reiterated its plans to sue President Barack Obama to halt the deportations of the parents of 150 children until immigration reform is passed. Until Obama and the rest of the politicos get their collective heads out of the sand, however, heart wrenching tales like that of Ronald Soza will continue:

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