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re: Colorado governor pardons felon to stave off deportation
Posted on 5/20/17 at 4:19 pm to ChineseBandit58
Posted on 5/20/17 at 4:19 pm to ChineseBandit58
Colorado’s governor on Friday pardoned a Cuban immigrant for an armed robbery he committed 19 years ago in an effort stave off the man’s deportation after immigration authorities detained him following a judge’s ruling that he should no longer be imprisoned.
The pardon from Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, was the latest twist in the saga of Rene Lima-Marin, 38. He came to the U.S. as a toddler as part of the 1980 Mariel boat lift from Cuba and had legal residency until it was revoked following his 2000 criminal conviction. Lima-Marin was sentenced to 98 years in prison for the robbery. But he was mistakenly paroled from Colorado state prison in 2008.
Lima-Marin married, had a child and got a steady job installing glass before state authorities realized their mistake in 2014 and sent him back for the remainder of his 98-year prison sentence.
A Colorado judge earlier this week ordered Lima-Marin released from state prison, saying it would be “draconian” to keep him incarcerated. But before he could return to his family, immigration authorities picked him up, citing a still-active deportation order from 2000. His lawyers said a pardon was his only chance to stave off deportation.
Lima-Marin’s case has become a bipartisan cause celebre in Colorado, as 98 members of the state Assembly, Democrats and Republicans, called on Hickenlooper to grant him clemency. Though the legal roots of Lima-Marin’s deportation order stretch back to actions of the Obama administrations, his detention comes as the Trump administration has moved aggressively to speed up deportations, sometimes sparking clashes with local officials.
“This was a question of justice,” Hickenlooper told an afternoon news conference. “This was a pretty clear example of someone who’s done all the work necessary to earn a second chance.”
The pardon from Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, was the latest twist in the saga of Rene Lima-Marin, 38. He came to the U.S. as a toddler as part of the 1980 Mariel boat lift from Cuba and had legal residency until it was revoked following his 2000 criminal conviction. Lima-Marin was sentenced to 98 years in prison for the robbery. But he was mistakenly paroled from Colorado state prison in 2008.
Lima-Marin married, had a child and got a steady job installing glass before state authorities realized their mistake in 2014 and sent him back for the remainder of his 98-year prison sentence.
A Colorado judge earlier this week ordered Lima-Marin released from state prison, saying it would be “draconian” to keep him incarcerated. But before he could return to his family, immigration authorities picked him up, citing a still-active deportation order from 2000. His lawyers said a pardon was his only chance to stave off deportation.
Lima-Marin’s case has become a bipartisan cause celebre in Colorado, as 98 members of the state Assembly, Democrats and Republicans, called on Hickenlooper to grant him clemency. Though the legal roots of Lima-Marin’s deportation order stretch back to actions of the Obama administrations, his detention comes as the Trump administration has moved aggressively to speed up deportations, sometimes sparking clashes with local officials.
“This was a question of justice,” Hickenlooper told an afternoon news conference. “This was a pretty clear example of someone who’s done all the work necessary to earn a second chance.”
Posted on 5/20/17 at 4:42 pm to dcbl
Hickenlooper is on the Democrat fast track and he may have just set himself back.
Posted on 5/20/17 at 5:01 pm to AU86
quote:No. He is from Cuba and was granted residency when he came here as a toddler. His residency was revoked as part of his sentence. He was never an "illegal immigrant."
He is a damn illegal isn't he?
Posted on 5/20/17 at 5:50 pm to 8thyearsenior
You're a certified retard.
Posted on 5/20/17 at 6:11 pm to dcbl
quote:
ima-Marin's case has become a bipartisan cause celebre in Colorado, as 98 members of the state Assembly, Democrats and Republicans, called on Hickenlooper to grant him clemency.
There's only 100 members of the State Assembly- if 98 of them are supporting one thing I think there might be bit more to the case than there seems to be at first glance.
Posted on 5/20/17 at 6:12 pm to CamdenTiger
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And this is why all liberals should be deported. They don't represent Americans, and definitely not the law...
Conservative Republicans in Colorado apparently supported Hickenlooper's decision. Part of me wonders if this is a move that's not just popular in the state but also could help him nationally-- Cubans in Florida probably back this as well.
This post was edited on 5/20/17 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 5/20/17 at 6:15 pm to AU86
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He is a damn illegal isn't he?
No, he's a Cuban from before Obama changed the rules to make Cuba like other nations. He's no more an illegal immigrant than Marco Rubio's or Ted Cruz's parents were/are
Posted on 5/20/17 at 7:54 pm to dcbl
State govt should be able to handle a state as it sees fit. States rights rabble rabble.
Posted on 5/20/17 at 9:38 pm to ChineseBandit58
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There just has to be more to this story that that /\
Yeah I didn't read the story Bc I don't feel like it, but this sounds too fricked up. Then again, liberals have proven themselves retarded again and again lately, so who knows.
Posted on 5/20/17 at 9:40 pm to 8thyearsenior
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Guy was mistakenly paroled in 08 and has been a productive member of society since. He has a wife and child he supports. The residents of Colorado are not better off with this guy being in a prison cell or deported.
Ah. And there's the rest of the story. Makes more sense. Deportation is fine but I wouldn't want to see the guy back in prison.
Posted on 5/20/17 at 9:51 pm to dcbl
So Hickenlooper has decreed that armed robbery is not a crime for illegals in Colorado.
Good to know.
Good to know.
Posted on 5/20/17 at 9:56 pm to Wally Sparks
Rocky Mountain High. Another snowflake state
Posted on 5/20/17 at 10:02 pm to 8thyearsenior
Don't cry to us when he robs you and rapes you.
This post was edited on 5/20/17 at 10:03 pm
Posted on 5/20/17 at 10:08 pm to dcbl
Do we really deport people to Cuba?
Seems odd.
Seems odd.
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