Thread: FL Deportation Delayed for ‘Dream Act’ Campaign Focus

Deportation Delayed for ‘Dream Act’ Campaign Focus

By JULIA PRESTON
Published: July 2, 2009

Immigration authorities have postponed for one year the deportation of Walter Lara, an immigrant from Argentina who said he had come to the United States illegally with his parents when he was 3, officials said. Mr. Lara, an honors graduate of high school and community college in Miami, was the focus of a campaign by supporters of proposed legislation known as the Dream Act, which would grant legal status to young illegal immigrants who have lived for years in the United States. Lawmakers including Senator Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat, wrote a letter on his behalf. Mr. Lara was scheduled to be deported on July 6.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/us/03 ... D_BRF.html

"Lawmakers including Senator Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat, wrote a letter on his behalf. "
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18 U.S.C. § 219 is not a registration statute, but is a conflict of interest statute which makes it a criminal offense for a "public official" of the United States in the executive, legislative, or judicial branches to be or to act as an agent of a foreign principal required to register under FARA. This does not apply to special government employees who register under FARA and obtain certification from the head of the employing agency that such employment is required in the national interest.

He needs to be Deported too.

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