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E. Wilson's avatar

There is more to this that is not being revealed. If this "poor hard working citizen" was a US citizen you dont need months of training to verify it. Takes 5 minutes. I would venture to guess his birth certificate was fake or forged. And who were the others working with or for him? Legal? Does he pay taxes? How about the whole story instead of this melodramatic, biased piece of "journalism"? And by the way, what are these two "reporters" suggesting? If one person is mistakenly deported but thousands are not, then the entire operation should be disbanded? They make a big stink about these stories that would typically go unnoticed, trying to wrench tears and empathy out of the public so they will side with illegals ultimately. Problem is no one gives a damn about any of them anymore. We just want them gone.

Jack Beavers's avatar

The important fact about his disputed deportation is that IF the US DHS/CBP/ICE, etc., believed his birth certificate was truly forged, they would have fought his return to the country. Instead, they allowed him to re-enter the US from Mexico. That means the US Immigration Authorities accepted the proof of US citizenship his lawyers provided, which (according to court filings) consists of multiple documents beyond his Colorado birth certificate. (And, in response to your other question: only one other person in the work truck with him admitted to being in the country illegally. The rest were sent on their way).

Jack Beavers's avatar

Also, concerning your questions about the time it took to confirm his citizenship: US court filings show that the information Mexico entered into his (dual) citizenship documentation there conflicted with his US Birth Certificate: (His US first name 'Brian" was entered as "Bryan" in Mexico, his US birthdate was also incorrectly entered in Mexico, and a code that should have indicated he was "US born" was incorrectly entered as "Mexican born" instead). A US immigration official cited all of this and concluded he was a citizen of Mexico and not of the US - which contributed to his earlier deportation. Since then, his US attorneys have submitted multiple documents refuting that (and proving his US birth and citizenship), which US Immigration authorities have accepted and allowed him to re-enter the US from Mexico.