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Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos who was deported to Mexico Thursday told Mexican reporters in Nogales, “I felt like a criminal,”. In an earlier statement, ICE officials said García de Rayos was detained based on a removal order issued by the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review, which became final in May 2013, and was spurred by a prior felony conviction dating from March 2009 for criminal impersonation.
The conviction stems from one of former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s worksite raids targeting the Golfland Entertainment Centers, which operated several water and mini-golf parks. Sheriff’s deputies seized hundreds of employment records and later arrested García de Rayos at her house, the Arizona Republic reported. She pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal impersonation, a Class 6 felony, the lowest level.
Her attorney, Ray Ybarra Maldonado, said there aren't many legal avenues for her to come back to the U.S.
"Getting back to the U.S., legally, there's really no route for her. There's no avenue for her. There's no application she can submit. There's no waiver she can submit," Maldonado said. "I mean, this is a prime example of our failed immigration system."
Failed System or Working System?
Mrs. Garcia de Rayos said she feels like a criminal, a felony conviction does that doesn't it?
The conviction stems from one of former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s worksite raids targeting the Golfland Entertainment Centers, which operated several water and mini-golf parks. Sheriff’s deputies seized hundreds of employment records and later arrested García de Rayos at her house, the Arizona Republic reported. She pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal impersonation, a Class 6 felony, the lowest level.
Her attorney, Ray Ybarra Maldonado, said there aren't many legal avenues for her to come back to the U.S.
"Getting back to the U.S., legally, there's really no route for her. There's no avenue for her. There's no application she can submit. There's no waiver she can submit," Maldonado said. "I mean, this is a prime example of our failed immigration system."
Failed System or Working System?
Mrs. Garcia de Rayos said she feels like a criminal, a felony conviction does that doesn't it?