Civil Rights
Dec. 31, 2008
Immigration Limbo Prompts Some to Abandon Fight
A growing number of green card holders now find themselves trapped in federal immigration detention centers for years while battling complex deportation cases without legal help. Some, like Angel Cerezo, opt to return to their home countries voluntarily rather than languish behind bars.
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - For much of the past three years, Angel Cerezo has felt like a man without a country. After living in the United States for 35 years as a legal permanent resident, Cerezo was deported to Spain in 2005. His removal was triggered by conviction for leaving the scene of an injury accident, a crime that an immigration judge ruled was a deportable offense. But in early 2008, the 9th U....
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