Man Reports Car Stolen, Ends Up In Deportation Limbo

This article written by Richard Gonzales from NPR was an extremely good read about immigration in the United States. This man, Pedro Figueroa was found to be an illegal immigrant when he reported his car stolen. Figueroa reported his car stolen to local police in San Francisco and the police found out he had an outstanding warrant for skipping on a parole meeting. The police proceed to detain him and he was later sent to the ICE. The interesting thing is that Figueroa did not know or understand that he is considered an illegal immigrant. He was fleeing El Salvador from gang members hunting him down and he was waiting for a hearing on his case by the American immigration authorities. The authorities released him from custody and he was free to what he wanted, but he did not know his status was illegal.

            The article goes on to say that this certain incident is just an example of how outdate the United States immigration policies are. I agree that the policies are outdated, but in this case I think it was the fault of the immigration system and Figueroa for ditching his warrant.  

 http://www.npr.org/2016/02/16/465278302/the-curious-case-of-the-man-in-the-u-s-illegally-and-his-stolen-car