KCUR: Dad In The Dotte Endures La Migra Double Cross?!?

As always, we try to be objective . . . 

Many supporters of MAGA's border crackdown simply want immigrant to follow the rules. The reality: The rules keep changing and have ALWAYS been in flux and mostly unenforced for anyone who is REALLY determined. 

Meanwhile . . . Anybody who REALLY follows this topic might remember progressive silence during Prez Obama's tenure when border enforcement was just as rough.

And so . . .

We share this story of sorrow dutifully documented as part of local public radio activism . . . Check-it: 

"The Guatemalan father of three had always presented himself to immigration authorities and cooperated in court proceedings. And when he fell victim to an armed robbery in 2022, making him eligible for certain immigration protections, he filed the paperwork and paid the fees.

"He applied for a U visa, a pathway to temporary legal status and work eligibility given to victims of crime. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services told him he could live and work with his family in Kansas City, Kansas, while the application was pending.

"So when Madrid-Leiva’s brother Jairo heard he had been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a traffic stop in April, he said the family felt like the rug had been pulled out from underneath them.

" 'We are devastated,' he said."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Authorities told this Kansas immigrant he was protected. ICE detained him anyway