Thread: For Illegal Imm., Deportation After Political Appointment

For Illegal Immigrant, Deportation After Political Appointment
By KIRK SEMPLE
Published: December 13, 2009


In 13 years in and around New York, Augusto Noguera built an impressive life. From humble beginnings in Paraguay, he became a mainstay of his nation’s expatriate population, running a division of a construction company, working for charitable and political causes, and entertaining visiting dignitaries at his house in Flushing, Queens.



Augusto Noguera was given a post at Paraguay's consulate.
The crowning moment came in September, when President Fernando Lugo of Paraguay appointed him to an administrative post in the government’s New York consulate. It was a job Mr. Noguera had eagerly sought, friends said, as payback for supporting Mr. Lugo and other candidates in last year’s elections.

There was just one problem: Mr. Noguera was an illegal immigrant.

Today, he is locked in an immigration detention center in Arizona, awaiting deportation. His botched appointment has deeply embarrassed the Paraguayan government. And it has stirred a mix of shame, anger and dismay among his countrymen in New York, who have been agitating for a more robust consulate to help them build organizations and raise their community’s profile.

“We want qualified people with sensitivity to the needs of Paraguayans abroad, not political appointments,â€

GOOD! Lock him away and then deport him immediately!

Deport the whole kit and kaboodle. They all knew he was an illegal alien, that's harboring, aiding and abetting, employing, etc., etc., etc., etc.