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IrishBubbaLiberal

(1,303 posts) Fri Apr 4, 2025, 04:49 PM Apr 4

ICE agents arrest 73-yr-old grandfather in Louisiana who has lived in US for 45 years

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https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/crime_police/ice-immigration-agents-reported-duson-lafayette-louisiana/article_f7c2f3ef-c4ee-4398-96d1-89f83149148c.html

ICE agents arrest 73-year-old grandfather in Louisiana who has lived in US for 45 years

April 3, 2025

Forty-five years ago, Jose Francisco Garcia Rodriguez fled Cuba on a ship provided by the United States for people seeking refuge from the Cuban government.

While on his way to work on Monday, the 73-year-old grandfather was picked up by immigration enforcement agents near his Lafayette home. He sits today in an ICE processing center in Pine Prairie, a village in rural Evangeline Parish.

One of Rodriguez's stepsons posted Monday on Facebook that his father had been taken by ICE agents at a Circle K at the corner of Johnston Street and Guilbeau Road. The family has been quiet since that time.

On Thursday evening, though, Rodriguez's stepdaughter Christian Cooper Riggs, of Lafayette, posted a video on social media telling the story of her father's life and asking for help.

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ICE agents arrest 73-yr-old grandfather in Louisiana who has lived in US for 45 years (Original Post) IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 4 OP

I thought Cubans had some uniquely protected status--for many decades. What has changed hlthe2b Apr 4 #1

The article implies that he had some legal trouble that made it difficult for him to get on that path to a green card. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 4 #2

They're scraping the bottom of the barrel to find aliens to abduct. lindysalsagal Apr 4 #3

ICE picked up 37 employees at a roofing company in Bellingham Washington this week. maxsolomon Apr 4 #5

Check out his stepdaughter being all reasonable and nuanced in her response: maxsolomon Apr 4 #4

Very good! KT2000 Apr 4 #6

Probably voted for TSF Bluesaph Apr 4 #8

Clearly a gang leader superpatriotman Apr 4 #7

Yeah Unless the First Words Out of Her Cuban Mouth Were We I Voted Againsat Trump... Stallion Apr 4 #9

hlthe2b

(109,066 posts)

1. I thought Cubans had some uniquely protected status--for many decades. What has changed

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Fri Apr 4, 2025, 04:53 PM

Apr 4

NOW?

WhiskeyGrinder

(24,624 posts)

2. The article implies that he had some legal trouble that made it difficult for him to get on that path to a green card.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 4, 2025, 04:59 PM

Apr 4

lindysalsagal

(22,618 posts)

3. They're scraping the bottom of the barrel to find aliens to abduct.

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Fri Apr 4, 2025, 05:08 PM

Apr 4

I thought I heard orange menace say we had millions overrunning the country . Guess that was a lie, and they're going after geriatrics. Can't seem to find any younger aliens, huh?

maxsolomon

(36,254 posts)

5. ICE picked up 37 employees at a roofing company in Bellingham Washington this week.

Reply to lindysalsagal (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 4, 2025, 05:13 PM

Apr 4

https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/politics-government/article303349791.html

Basically, wiped out the business. I suspect those weren't geriatrics.

maxsolomon

(36,254 posts)

4. Check out his stepdaughter being all reasonable and nuanced in her response:

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Fri Apr 4, 2025, 05:10 PM

Apr 4

"I understand that we have an immigration problem. I do," Riggs said. "I understand that our country cannot harbor every single person that crosses its borders. I understand that there are really bad people that we have to find."

But starting with a 73-year-old grandfather who has a heart condition and who is the primary caretaker of his wife with dementia is not the solution, she said.

"It is a problem that has to be fixed with a surgeon’s blade. Not a machete."