Every year when Juan Villacis went to see the Immigration and Customs Enforcement to renew his stay of removal, his twin daughters Liany and Maria went with him. The renewals were routine. Last month Mr. Villacis was detained and jailed in Bergen County, New Jersey. He will be deported to Ecuador. His wife of 29 years was allowed to go home under supervision, but had to return in December to prove that she had purchased a one-way ticket to her home country of Columbia.
Immigration officials refused to let the twins or his wife give Mr. Villacis a goodbye hug. “They told us they no longer provide that courtesy because they don’t like emotional scenes,” according to their lawyer.
All of these people are productive, law abiding people. They are not “bad hombres.” They are decent and hard working.
And if you are going to tell me, “What part of illegal don’t you understand?” I will tell you that you are a heartless bastard who does not understand this country’s values and does not belong in America.
Information for this post is from David Gonzalez, “Without So Much as a Hug, a Father Is Detained for Deportation, New York Times, (Nov. 27, 2017), p. A21.
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