Thread: PRESSURE NOT TO DEPORT CONVICTED FELON JEAN MONTREVIL BUILDS

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01/05/2010 11:03 PM
SoHo Detention Rally Ends In 10 Arrests
By: NY1 News


Ten people were arrested in Manhattan Tuesday while protesting the detention of a Haitian man facing deportation decades after a drug conviction.

Close to 100 people rallied outside the Varick Street Detention Center in SoHo to support Jean Montrevil.

Some were arrested for blocking traffic for more than a half hour.

The New Sanctuary Coalition of New York City says Montrevil has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials since December 30th.

Despite being a legal permanent resident of the US since 1986 and the father of four American-born children.

Montrevil served more than 10 years in prison for a 1989 conviction.
His wife, Jani Montrevil, says he has paid his debt to society and has become a community leader.

"I'm a US citizen, if this is our country I don't want to be a US citizen any longer, because it's not right. They aren't taking into consideration the trauma my kids are going through," Montrevil said.

"He made a mistake over 20 years ago. He spent 10 years in prison paying for that mistake. And I think the US is a country that a second chance is something that we all have the opportunity to get," said Javier Valdes of Make the Road New York.

Montrevil's supporters are pushing for passage of a bill now pending in the House of Representatives that would enable judges to consider the best interests of American children before deporting their parents.

"I'm a US citizen, if this is our country I don't want to be a US citizen any longer, because it's not right. They aren't taking into consideration the trauma my kids are going through," Montrevil said.

All law breakers put their kids through trama! Did you ever think of that? Besides, i'm glad you see things this way, as it should help your spirts after you are deported!

DEPORT, DEPORT, DEPORT!!!!

"I'm a US citizen, if this is our country I don't want to be a US citizen any longer, because it's not right. They aren't taking into consideration the trauma my kids are going through," Montrevil said.

So go to Haiti with your husband and children.

I refuse to listen to any argument that uses "children" as a shield.