Give me a break. He had brown skin. Next!

Born in East L.A.

Took a walk to the corner store
Just to buy a loaf of bread and a box of s`mores
Up pulled a guy in a yellow van
Shiny gold badge flashing in his hand

He said, alright all you mojados down here
I want you all to hit the floor
I got one thing to ask you and nothing more
So answer in English, if you can
Where were ya born, man

Huh? Where was I born?

That`s right, I said
Where were ya born?

Hey, are you one of those dudes who do horoscopes, man
Hey, I`m a Cancer with a bad moon rising

Look here el fago, watch my lips
Where were ya born?

I was born in East L.A.
Man, I was born in East L.A.

Oh yeah, you were born in East L.A.
Let`s see your green card

Huh? Green card?
I`m from East L.A.

Alright, then who`s President of the United States

Oh, that`s easy, man
That guy that used to be on Death Valley Days
-- John Wayne

Alright, let`s go, come on

Next thing I know, I`m in a foreign land
People talkin so fast, I couldn`t understand
There was nobody there to lend a helping hand
I was cold, it was dark where is a burger stand

I want to go back to East L.A.
I wish I was back in East L.A.
I don`t belong here in downtown TJ
Cause I was born in East LA, ole

I crawled under barbed wire, swam across a stream
Rode in six different trucks packed like a sardine
Walked all day in the burning sun
Now I know what it`s like to be born to run

Up ahead was the promised land
Shining like a star just beyond my hand
All I could see was a golden door
I looked up, a sign said five billion sold

And I was back in East L.A.
Yes, I was back in East L.A.
You know I`m never gonna stray
Cause I was born in East L.A., oh L.A.

EAST L.A.

-- Cheech and Chong

Well, corporate America hates disable workers but loves cheap labor from Mexico. This was no accident.

"We are doing things to help that we are not obliged to do," said consulate spokeswoman Lorena Blanco.

Why do deported American citizens hate America?

`Yeah, they'll probably send him a bill after they find him.

must say that would suck bad. Did this guy not get any legal representation for his deportation hearing?

I was lost in Tijuana once...


it did suck... and I was definitely disabled... but I sobered up and found my way out of there...

poor schmuck...a victim of Murphy's Law.

It was funny when it was a Cheech and Chong song... not so funny when it is real.

This was no accident.

Posted by member2586 at 2007-06-18 10:44

hahahahahaha you have got to be kidding. There are MILLIONS of illegal aliens from Mexico in L.A. County and 1/3 of our jails are filled with illegal aliens from Mexico.

Do you really think with all the illegals here to chose from to deport the Sheriff's dept. is going to risk a liberal fanatical ACLU lawsuit by deporting a somebody here legally????
Besides, poor Pedro had already been jailed BEFORE on drug charges so the sheriff's dept. was able to check his previous jail record for place of birth. And why was his mother whining and running all over TJ looking for him but did NOT bring his birth certificate with her. How did she think she was going to get her poor Pedro back over the border with no proof of citizenship?

From the much more detailed article below [SFGate.com], looks to me like poor Pedro knew he was going to be put under house arrest for his crime right after he got out of jail so when he had a chance to instead claim he was an illegal alien and be put on a bus straight to TJ Pedro decided to 'go for it' figuring he could sneak back over the border any time he wanted.

It all began when Pedro Guzman, 29, a resident of the desert city of Lancaster, was sentenced April 19 to 120 days in jail for a misdemeanor trespassing violation, according to the suit filed in federal court.

At the Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles, he was asked about his immigration status and responded that he was born in California, according to the [ACLU] suit.

Sometime after that, the Sheriff's Department identified him as a non-citizen, obtained his signature for voluntary removal from the United States and turned him over to U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement for deportation, according to the suit.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, which helped file the suit, has Pedro Guzman's birth certificate showing he was born at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, said spokeswoman Celeste Durant.

Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said the department correctly followed procedures.

"My understanding is that this individual said he was a Mexican national and was in the country illegally when we interviewed him," said Whitmore. "We turn that information over to immigration officials, who then re-interview him."

Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed he had been deported, and said the agency had done so correctly.

"ICE only processes persons for removal when all available credible evidence suggests the person is an alien," read a statement. "That process was followed here and ICE has no reason to believe that it improperly removed Pedro Guzman." An agency spokeswoman declined further comment because the lawsuit was pending.

PART 2

On May 11, Guzman called the home of half brother Juan Carlos Chabes in Lancaster, said Michael Guzman. He spoke briefly with Chabes' wife, telling her he had been deported but didn't know to where. So he asked a passer-by where he was, and Chabes' wife heard a man respond, "Tijuana," said Michael Guzman.
"That's how we realized he was there," said Michael Guzman.

Then the phone cut off and the family hasn't heard from him since. In Tijuana, they've put up fliers, visited police stations, jails, hospitals and morgues, but haven't been able to locate him.

The family has asked various U.S. government agencies for help finding him but have been denied, said Catherine Lhamon from the ACLU of Southern California. "It's astonishing that the government who deported him by mistake has done nothing to help," said Lhamon.

Lhamon said Pedro Guzman had previously done jail time for drug possession, so he had a record that could have been cross-checked before a deportation decision was made.

Michael Guzman said his parents were from Mexico, but seven children, including Pedro, were born in California. He said Pedro spoke both English and Spanish, but couldn't read or write either.

About a week before being deported, he called from jail to say he would soon be released and put on house arrest, said Michael Guzman.

In the last two weeks, Michael Guzman said several letters have come to the house reminding his brother to show up at probation-related meetings.

Hey, she blends in! Who can tell? Brown is brown.

As a good conservative, I TOTALLY support our government in everything it does, therefore I support this deportation. He deserved it. The only agency at fault here is the ACLU. Why do you liberals hate America?

Something stinks in this story.
They are probably sending him
hideout money figuring they have
an ACLU ride coming at taxpayers
expense.

Something does stink-

It is the gradual subversion of the rights of the individual to the rights of the state...


Stinks to high heaven...

REALPLUS55

Something stinks alright. Who called the ACLU with this little story?

My take? This Pedro dude is a drug addict (he already is on probation from prior drug charges). He gets arrested again and now was going to be on house arrest. The guy is jonesing for more drugs, knew if went right home he would be on house arrest and couldn't score any drugs. He then tells the sheriff's dept. he's an illegal alien knowing they put illegals on a bus to TJ. This would buy him time to score some drugs before going on house arrest. He figured if he got caught on the way back over the border, who cares, he scored and that's all he was looking for.

It's hard to tell if he was one of his mother's American-born seven anchor babies or not. The illegals lie about their identity and where they are born all the time.

When Pedro first got jailed on drug charges the jailers would have to take his word for it as to whether or not he was in the country legally because until only very recently were our LA jails even allowed to ask whether or not a prisoner was an illegal alien. Pedro could have lied about being born here or he could have been lying about being an illegal alien just to get the free trip to TJ and a chance to score some drugs.

THEN, when things started to get hot for Pedro back here on the homefront because the probation dept.(from his still being on probation from his prior drug charge) was still sending Pedro letters --

(...In the last two weeks, Michael Guzman said several letters have come to the house reminding his brother to show up at probation-related meetings.)

asking where he was, and his familia had to come up with an excuse to cover his now-missing butt.

Bingo! Pedro's relatives then cook up a story about the mean old USA deported our poor, mentally deficient little U.S. born Pedro and dumped him all alone to wander the mean streets of T.J.

To make sure they soak even more money from the U.S. taxpayers, Pedro's relatives get the anti-American Civil Liberties Union to sue the feds on their behalf. At least that's the way I see it.

Looks like their game is unraveling
fast, fresh on the AP wire. ACLU
damage control pending on this one.

That damn bush striks again. I don't know how he gets around as much as he does. He must have 3 or 4 clones running around causing all this grief.

"He must have 3 or 4 clones running around causing all this grief."

If by "he" you mean Cheney, you just might be on to something. I pass it along to Conspiracy Central next time the men in black knock at the door.

That damn bush striks again. I don't know how he gets around as much as he does. He must have 3 or 4 clones running around causing all this grief.
Posted by Sniper at 2007-06-19 08:52 AM

YEAH!

Says the "Only Bush can Keep you Safe" fool!

Thanks califchris for filling in the gaps in this tearjerk story. You should write for Paul Harvey's And Now You Know the Rest of the Story. I guess if the newsreports can't connect the dots on the insurgency in Iraq, they can't on this story either. Just PR outlets for whoever buys them lunch.

"""Just PR outlets for whoever buys them lunch."""

Can I get an AMEN!!!.

Is he a citizen of the US? Is he an anchor baby? Other than retarded, what is he?

I don't think the cops would ship a citizen out That would be real big trouble for everyone involved.

I don't think the cops would ship a citizen out That would be real big trouble for everyone involved.

Posted by Sniper at 2007-06-19 02:07 PM | Reply

Pedro probably has 50 ID's -- legal alien, legal U.S. citizen, illegal alien -- and uses whichever one suits his purpose at the time.

The jails in Los Angeles are run by the Sheriff's Dept. They check the citizenship status and, if the prisoner is here illegally in the country, the Sheriff's Dept. turns them over to ICE for deportation after they have served their time in jail.

Pedro's mother says, in the story, that she runs down to TJ to look for him every weekend but she doesn't take a cerfitied copy of Pedro's birth certificate with her? How does she think she's going to get her "mentally disabled son" back over the border into the U.S. without a birth certificate or any other ID to show he's legal? Hmmmm?
Who diagnosed Pedro as being "mentally disabled' anyway? The story says he doesn't read or write -- well, half the illegals in L.A. County are illiterate even in Spanish. That doesn't make you mentally disabled.

Is he a citizen of the US? Is he an anchor baby? Other than retarded, what is he?

I don't think the cops would ship a citizen out That would be real big trouble for everyone involved.

Posted by Sniper at 2007-06-19 02:07 PM | Reply |

US Citizen deported out of country....

government says.... "we followed procedure correctly"..

effective meaning.... It is US procedure to deport US citizens to mexico who may appear to look illegal.

I want butts, and I want them NOW!

It is US procedure to deport US citizens to mexico who may appear to look illegal.

I want butts, and I want them NOW!

Posted by KnightHawk at 2007-06-19 04:38 PM | Reply

More like, under Bush, it's now U.S. procedure to deport U.S. citizens to Mexico and import illegal alien Mexican nationals into the U.S.