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2008-01-17 Home Front: Culture Wars

Officials deport president of Palomar College MEChA club

The president of the MEChA club at Palomar College has been deported to Mexico, immigration officials said yesterday.

Excellent! Now stay out!

Paola Oropeza, 22, was arrested Jan. 8 by a fugitive operations team with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for the department in San Diego. Oropeza had been ordered to leave the country by an immigration judge, but she failed to comply with that order, Mack said. At the time of her arrest, Oropeza was in the country illegally and was taken to Tijuana, Mack said.
buh-bye!
Oropeza did not have a criminal record ~~besides illegal entry to the U.S.~~, said Mack, who could not provide details about Oropeza's immigration background. Oropeza was arrested with three people who are believed to be relatives, Mack said. One is still in deportation proceedings.

When reached on a cell phone yesterday, Oropeza declined to comment. She said her attorney has advised her not to talk to the media.

MEChA, or Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, is a ~~racist~~ Latino student group with chapters in high schools and colleges. It focuses on empowerment through education as well as political, cultural and social awareness.
It is one of the fronts that want to create Aztlan in place of the southwest US, and the most vocal a-holes at the pro-illegals protests

Posted by Frank G 2008-01-17 12:56|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 :)

Posted by RD">RD 2008-01-17 13:10|| 2008-01-17 13:10|| Front Page Top

#2 But McCain thinks she is OK.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-01-17 14:05|| 2008-01-17 14:05|| Front Page Top

#3 My experience with MeCHA in college was that they prefered bullying tactics using the ethnic shield to prevent any kind of defence.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-01-17 14:06|| 2008-01-17 14:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Fitting - I hope she was on scholarship to. Of course they'll blame us right-wing xenophobes. I can live w/that.

Posted by Broadhead6 2008-01-17 14:38|| 2008-01-17 14:38|| Front Page Top

#5 And now...the rest of the story...

PARTIAL TRANSLATION FROM:
http://diariosandiego.com/bin/articulos.cgi?ID=42791
Cue the violins...
With a sad and optimistic look, Paola Oropeza, the student from Palomar College who on Tuesday was deported with her family, said she will not give up.

Already in Tijuana, after being deported from the country where she lived for 19 years, and reunited with her mother and father, began to think about her future and what she will do to finish her college courses, since she was one semester away from obtaining a degree in Business, before being deported. "I believe that I am going to finish those courses through the internet and we will remain here because here is the closest thing to where I've lived", said Paola on Friday in an interview after visiting the consulate of the United States in Tijuana.
...and it's real close to the border in case I wanna go out for a 'stroll" some night.
"I already went to ask and they told me that I am not going to be able to return for 10 years", the student said.
Awwwwwwwww. Too bad, so sad...
Paola arrived to the United States with her parents, María de Jesus and Guillermo Oropeza along with her sister Claudia in 1989. The family, as many others, who went to see a respectable immigration lawyer (Claudia Smith?) in order to normalize their status in this country, never thought that their documents would be misfilled.
Si, "misfiled"...
"When my one year work permit arrived we went to thank our lawyer, she was also surprised, and even saw my green card", said Guillermo Oropeza, father of Paola.
You "saw" your green card? Think you might've wanted to "have" your green card?
"We renewed the permit several times until an appointment letter from Los Angeles arrived ", added Mr. Oropeza. Once with immigration authorities, an agent that reviewed their request for legalization asked them the question that would change everything.
...and everybody leans forward to hear...
"We arrived and he asked me, that a person of the Mexican government is trying to kill me?', I said No, that that was not true, but that was what my lawyer wrote in the application", Mr. Oropeza who after clarifying the situation, the agent explained that Mexicans are not given political asylum. "They told us that we had to leave the country but we told them that Paola was three months away from finishing highschool and they gave us permission to remain here, and they didn't deport us until now", said Guillermo.
Si! Finishing the school! That's it!
After years living in Escondido, on Tuesday they executed the family's deportation order, with the same excuse. "They arrived at five in the morning saying that they were the police, and that they were seeking a gentleman that we did not know, that they were going to enter to look for him and then leave, but they did not leave and they deported us", said Paola.
Surprise!!!
Claudia Oropeza, the older sister, refused to sign the voluntary exit after being placed under arrest with her parents and younger sister. Claudia is awaiting trial before a judge at a local jail.
I will fight THE GRINGO!
In the meantime Paola, María de Jesus and Guillermo went through three days of desperation upon not knowing where they were, while Paola and María de Jesus were deported on Wednesday together, but their father was deported on Thursday and while they were alone it was a nightmare.
Nice. The hat trick for ICE.
"We are together and we already think we know what to do, if its to return to Mexico where we have house in Querétaro, where the family of my wife lives and were we also have a house to arrive, but while we do not know what happens with Claudia, we will not make a decision", said Guillermo.
So they've got a house in Mexico and a place here? Geez, wish I could say that...
"At least the world hasn't closed on us, because we are workers and therefore we will seek a way to continue ahead", added the head the Oropeza family.
You can almost hear the flamenco guitar playing in the background, "We are workers"...

Posted by tu3031 2008-01-17 14:56|| 2008-01-17 14:56|| Front Page Top

#6 She lived in Escondido, huh?

The latest I've heard about Escondido is the city council is trying to pass an ordinance making it illegal to park a car in the yard of any house. The reason, of course, is that many illegals live with multiple families in single family homes and, with all the extra cars, parking becomes a problem. Kinda trashes up the neighborhood too.

All the usual suspects are protesting the proposed ordinance. I haven't heard about the ACLU filing a lawsuit yet but it's probably just a matter of time. They jumped right into the fray last year when the council passed an ordinance requiring landlords to verify that their tenants are in the country legally. The council had to back down that time because they didn't have enough the money to fight the ACLU in court.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-01-17 16:24|| 2008-01-17 16:24|| Front Page Top

#7 tu, try buying property in Mexico, especially seaside. IIRC, non citizens, and maybe even naturalized citizens, cannot own property. We should reciprocate.

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2008-01-17 18:14|| 2008-01-17 18:14|| Front Page Top

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