Honduran man knocks on doors in Saginaw Township asking residents to help him get deported


Juan R. Alvarado, 32, a Honduras native living in Saginaw Township, was turned over to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Detroit Tuesday
Juan R. Alvarado may receive a free trip to Central America courtesy of the United States.

Alvarado, 32, left Honduras in his 20s to make a better life for himself and his parents by sending home his earnings, Saginaw County Sheriff’s Detective Mike Gomez said. He said Alvarado, with his elderly parents ill and thousands of miles away, hoped the police could help him return to them.

Police detained Alvarado on Monday after a resident reported a non-English-speaking Hispanic male was knocking on doors at Waterside Apartments, 4070 Green Isle Way, north of McCarty and east of Barnard in Saginaw Township. Gomez said Alvarado, who lived in Saginaw Township, was trying to find someone who could help him call U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement so that he would be deported.

“I didn’t want money, I want someone to help me get to Honduras,â€