Dealing with deportation


Amber Thompson
September 16, 2009 - 11:45am.

German Villanueva is a devoted husband, father and worker.

Until late August, he spent his time commuting to and from the Twin Cities for his job at a metal company. He paid taxes, paid his bills on time, and lived like any other Litchfield resident.

But because he also happened to be a citizen of Honduras who immigrated to the United States illegally, he now has to support his family from thousands of miles away.

A simple trip to the store in August for cat litter turned into a deportation for 38-year-old Villanueva.

Just two days prior to Villanueva’s arrest, 33-year-old Irma Nuñez-Medina of Litchfield was pulled over on a routine traffic stop, and eventually was deported when it was discovered she was an illegal immigrant. She left two children in the care of her sister Veronica Nuñez, whose husband was deported in June.

According to Tim Counts, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Bloomington, Minn., deportations are increasing. He reported that 5,309 illegal immigrants were removed from the five-state area in fiscal year 2008 — a significant increase over 2007 when 4,197 were removed and in 2006 when 3,177 were removed.

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