Iowa student killed after being deported to Mexico

[workinclasszero]

BY MORGAN GSTALTER - 06/07/18 06:29 PM EDT

An Iowa high school student was killed three weeks after he was deported from the U.S. back to Mexico, the country he left when he was 3 years old.

The Des Moines Register reported Thursday that Manuel Antonio Cano Pacheco was scheduled to graduate from high school last month but died just after being deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

His mother told the newspaper that Pacheco was once a recipient of President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protected young people who were brought into the country illegally as children.

President Trump announced his administration was ending the program last year and Congress has been scrambling to come up with a solution for the so-called Dreamers, recipients of the DACA program.

Pacheco, 19, was deported back to Zacatecas, Mexico, on April 24 at the border in Laredo, Texas under an ICE escort.

Pacheco’s throat was slit, the Des Moines Register reported.

A friend described the murder as being at the “wrong place at the wrong time,” in a northwestern state of Mexico that is plagued by deadly violence and drug cartels.

http://thehill.com/homenews/news/391275-iowa-student-killed-after-being-deported-to-mexico

[Freethinker65]

1. Horrible.

[workinclasszero]

3. It makes me sick

what these so-called "pro-life" republicans are doing to this country.

We tried to warn the people in this country what would happen if the republicans took over but Hillary's emails, you know?

[secondwind]

2. His blood is on Trump's hands. I hate this bastard so much!!

RIP young man.

[Lee-Lee]

4. I had to dig through 3 articles to figure out why he was deported

His DACA status was revoked for violating the terms due to a traffic conviction and a misdemeanor drug conviction. He was on immigration parole awaiting a hearing where his DACA status likely would have been reinstated if he showed he was complying with the courts sentencing and was still in school, etc. it was a close call but he almost certainly would have had his DACA status restored with maybe some additional restrictions placed on him by the immigration court.

However while awaiting the hearing where his DACA status would have been reinstated had he kept his record clean past what he already had he was arrested again- for DUI and obtained several other misdemeanor charges as well.

That DUI arrest pretty much sealed the case that he wasn’t going to get his DACA status renewed. In fact had he even been here on a geeen card a DUI would be grounds for revocation of legal status, the immigration courts don’t take kindly to things like that. They will revoke H-1B visas and all other kinds for DUI arrests also. A drug conviction, multiple misdemeanors and a DUI all in a years time would cause a green card holders status to be in serious jeopardy as well, so it wasn’t just because he was a DACA recipient, under any immigration status short of citizenship he would have been facing possible or likely deportation.

So he requested to be voluntarily deported before the hearing, because that would give him a better chance of later getting a visa to return.

It sucks that he got killed in Mexico. But I can’t say his return was not mostly his fault. He was handed a great opportunity in the form of the DACA program by President Obama. He knew the rules and almost blew it with his drug convictions. Wether you disagree with drug laws or not, if you know that Poseidon will risk your DACA status just don’t do it. Then when it was at risk waiting for the court to hopefully let him stay he blew it entirely by getting a DUI. And there is no sympathy from me for anybody DUI, everybody knows better and there is no excuse for it.

The lesson here- if you are fortunate enough to get into the DACA program don’t go do a bunch of stupid shot and blow it.

[workinclasszero]

5. Yeah cause kids never do stupid things when they are young right?

Smoke some pot, get a death sentence, you bet.

Happens to white kids in the suburbs all the time right?

Oh wait...

[Lee-Lee]

6. The DUI was the big deal

Had it just stayed at the misdemeanor charges he likely would have had his DACA status renewed by the court at the hearing.

But DUI is a big deal.

[workinclasszero]

8. Like I said teenagers never do stupid things

He is dead now with his throat cut ear to ear, be happy, I guess.

[Tavarious Jackson]

10. DUI first time offense is not recorded. People get diversion

2nd DUI is a misdemeanor

[Lee-Lee]

12. What state is this in?

Definitely not the case in most states.


And for immigration purposes the standards are different.

[Tavarious Jackson]

17. Oregon. nt

[Lee-Lee]

15. I just checked- what you posted isn't true in Iowa

First time DUI is an offense that carries a minimum 2 days in jail, and is definitely an offense that goes on your record.

It is possible there to plea to a charge called “wet reckless”. However immigration courts don’t care what the resulting charge for a plea deal is, they care about what the actual conduct that lead to the arrest was.

[Tavarious Jackson]

18. It's not a crime until you get a 2nd.

1st time dui offenders get diversion.

[Lee-Lee]

19. That's just plain not true

[Tavarious Jackson]

20. It is true. It's an infraction but not a crime for the 1st one assuming diversion is complete

https://dui.findlaw.com/dui-cases/dui-diversion-programs-what-they-are-and-how-they-work.html


Oregon - Offered statewide (uniform among the counties); may not have a prior DUI in the past 15 years; court decides who is accepted into the program; must plead guilty or no contest; court will dismiss the case after successful completion of the program and a one-year probationary period, during which time an ignition interlock device (IID) must be installed.

[Lee-Lee]

21. This guy was in Iowa. Oregon statues are totally irrelevant to his case

Just as I pointed out above.

[Tavarious Jackson]

22. oh ok,

Sorry. I did mention I was talking about Oregon

[jberryhill]

27. It happens a lot

The Oregon Visitors and Convention Bureau is doing pretty good with their new slogan: "Experience the Other Iowa".

[Tavarious Jackson]

28. Really?

Ewwww. We're nothing like Iowa

[jberryhill]

29. Now there's a better slogan

"Oregon. Nothing like Iowa."

[Tipperary]

31. ...

[Tipperary]

32. Dude...

[Decoy of Fenris]

9. Doing exceptionally stupid things tends to end like this fella's story did. n/t

[Lee-Lee]

16. Exactly

He was handed a chance by President Obama and shit all over the opportunity he was given by a series of stupid decisions.

DUI is stupid enough.

DUI when you know that an arrest for DUI will result in your loss of any chance to stay in the country legally and get you sent back to a dangerous country where you don’t have any real ties= 1000x more stupid.

He made his choices. He was given a great opportunity and squandered it.

[LanternWaste]

23. I'm not surprised at all you minimize and ignore his death while focusing on only his failings.

"He was given a great opportunity and squandered it..."

I'm not surprised at all you minimize and ignore his death while focusing on only his failings.

You'll of course rationalize otherwise. But in this case, it is what it is, regardless of how it's painted otherwise.

[Lee-Lee]

24. His death was tragic. But his choices led to to that chain of events

Let’s be real.

The United States is not to blame for what happened to him in Mexico. What happened there, whatever it was, was a mix of his choices, the people around him, and the failure of the Mexican Government to provide a secure environment for its citizens.

While crime is bad in Mexico, most deported individuals don’t end up murdered.

His deportation was a result of him violating the terms of his legal status on multiple occasions. It’s entirely his fault. He knew the rules, he made the decisions on multiple occasions to violate them.

The people claiming somehow the US is responsible for his unfortunate death are off base here. He chose to commit multiple crimes on multiple occasions while in an immigration status he was well aware would be revoked if he did so, and did it anyway. He is responsible for his deportation.

[christx30]

30. I'm just glad he managed to not kill anyone

while driving under the influence. If he had stayed in the US, and kept committing DUI, it was just a matter of time before someone died at the result of his poor choices. The judge probably saved a life here.
I think very poorly of anyone that does it. I had a friend killed by a drunk driver about 10 years ago. Sweetest person I've ever met, snuffed out because of some idiot. I wish he had died instead of her. But he walked away without a scratch.

[ecstatic]

11. I think you've missed the point. He came to the U.S. at 3 years old

and should not have been deported to a place he didn't know. PERIOD!

[Lee-Lee]

14. Had his family brought him here on a green card it still wouldnhave happened

That’s how immigration standards are- if your in the country on a Visa or guest status of any sort the standards of conduct that you are held to are strict.

And if you are here in that status you know that.

If you want to have the laws changed so people here on Visas or DACA or other immigrant status’s don’t have their criminal bahavior considered when receiving or maintaining that status then that’s a discussion to have. But the law now is what it is, and he knew it.

And that standard was put in place for DACA recipients by the Obama Administration. Had he done the same then while we still had a real President he still would have lost his legal status.

[bigtree]

33. dropping these folks in countries they have absolutely no recollection of, many without contacts

..jobs, homes.

It's incredibly cruel and inhumane. The punishment does not fit the crime. It's simply heartless to conclude that, "he should have known." But, hey, you go with that.

On a Democratic discussion board, you go with that.

[bdamomma]

7. oh my god

the news on DU today is horrendous. This is horrible 19 years old and murdered.

read above article very sad posted by DU'er Lee Lee

[Vinca]

13. Fucking Trump.

[ck4829]

25. Kick