'Pillar of the community' deported from US after 39 years to a land he barely knows

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'Pillar of the community' deported from US after 39 years to a land he barely knows
By Jomana Karadsheh and Kareem Khadder, CNN
Updated 1:10 PM ET, Thu February 8, 2018
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/08/middleeast/deportee-us-intl/index.html

Amman, Jordan (CNN)  With nothing but the clothes on his back and less than $300 in his pocket, Amer Adi was put on a plane and deported to Jordan, the country he left 39 years ago to pursue his American dream.

[...]

Adi lived in America for nearly 40 years. He has a wife who is a US citizen, and four daughters who are also US citizens. He owns several businesses in his adopted hometown of Youngstown, Ohio. A week ago, he was deported.

For more than 20 years, his life has been a legal battle. But with the help of an Ohio congressman, he was able to remain in the US. That all changed when US President Donald Trump took office last year and doubled down on immigration. 

[...]


A family photo of Amer Adi with his wife and daughters.

In the 1980s, Adi held a green card. But he lost his permanent resident status in the early 1990s, after moving to Brazil for three years with his wife. When he returned, Adi tried to apply for a new card, but was rejected.

Immigration officials accused him of having a sham marriage with his American ex-wife.

 His ex-wife had signed a statement alleging marriage fraud. According to Adi, his lawyer and multiple media interviews with Adi's ex-wife, she was coerced into making the statement after immigration officials showed up at her door.

In 2007, she signed an affidavit retracting her statement and denying the marriage was fraudulent.

Despite the affidavit, he was unable to gain legal status. In 2009, he was issued with a deportation order.           

[...]

[INVAR]

But the useless third world MS-13 Squatters on welfare doing crime Americans won't do - get to stay.


Someone actually who contributes to society does not have those facts taken into consideration with perhaps fines and a request he has so much time to complete a citizenship regimen?

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

But the useless third world MS-13 Squatters on welfare doing crime Americans won't do - get to stay.


Someone actually who contributes to society does not have those facts taken into consideration with perhaps fines and a request he has so much time to complete a citizenship regimen?

FUBAR: synonym for "Good Enough For Govt. Work."

[Oceander]

But he was here illegally, so no sympathy:  deport his a$$. 

[XenaLee]

'Pillar of the community' deported from US after 39 years to a land he barely knows
By Jomana Karadsheh and Kareem Khadder, CNN
Updated 1:10 PM ET, Thu February 8, 2018
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/08/middleeast/deportee-us-intl/index.html

Amman, Jordan (CNN)  With nothing but the clothes on his back and less than $300 in his pocket, Amer Adi was put on a plane and deported to Jordan, the country he left 39 years ago to pursue his American dream.

[...]

Adi lived in America for nearly 40 years. He has a wife who is a US citizen, and four daughters who are also US citizens. He owns several businesses in his adopted hometown of Youngstown, Ohio. A week ago, he was deported.

For more than 20 years, his life has been a legal battle. But with the help of an Ohio congressman, he was able to remain in the US. That all changed when US President Donald Trump took office last year and doubled down on immigration. 

[...]


A family photo of Amer Adi with his wife and daughters.

In the 1980s, Adi held a green card. But he lost his permanent resident status in the early 1990s, after moving to Brazil for three years with his wife. When he returned, Adi tried to apply for a new card, but was rejected.

Immigration officials accused him of having a sham marriage with his American ex-wife.

His ex-wife had signed a statement alleging marriage fraud. According to Adi, his lawyer and multiple media interviews with Adi's ex-wife, she was coerced into making the statement after immigration officials showed up at her door.

In 2007, she signed an affidavit retracting her statement and denying the marriage was fraudulent.

Despite the affidavit, he was unable to gain legal status. In 2009, he was issued with a deportation order.           

[...]

Cry me a river.   Really. 

And there may be (probably is) more to this sob story than is being reported.  Like... why would immigration officials go to that much trouble to keep him from being able to stay here? 

Regardless, cherry-picking these 'tug on your heartstrings' isolated incidents isn't working.... at least not with me.   

[anubias]

Does not look good and the Rats are going to make a big deal of this.  If he has an American wife, I don’t understand why he couldn’t get citizenship.

[anubias]

Cry me a river.   Really. 

And there may be (probably is) more to this sob story than is being reported.  Like... why would immigration officials go to that much trouble to keep him from being able to stay here? 

Regardless, cherry-picking these 'tug on your heartstrings' isolated incidents isn't working.... at least not with me.

Maybe he beat the wife?  :P.

Yes, there has to be with an American wife, right?

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

Maybe he beat the wife?  :P.

Yes, there has to be with an American wife, right?

Or an American flag or Republican election poster in the front yard.

[WingNot]

He made some pretty babies.   They can visit him.

[sneakypete]

He made some pretty babies.   They can visit him.

Or,as an alternative,they can visit me.

[skeeter]

Does not look good and the Rats are going to make a big deal of this.  If he has an American wife, I don’t understand why he couldn’t get citizenship.

I'm guessing there's something more to the story. There always is.

[Free Vulcan]

In 39 years he couldn't find the time to acquire some citizenship?

[240B]

I'm guessing there's something more to the story. There always is.

Immigration officials accused him of having a sham marriage with his American ex-wife.

Despite the affidavit, he was unable to gain legal status. In 2009, he was issued with a deportation order.

The article says he has 4 daughters. But it omits who the mother(s) is or where the daughters were born.
2009 was Obama and his admin. They issued the deportation order. ICE is just enforcing Obama era rulings.
Trump has nothing to do with this.
The article says that he owns 3 businesses, but left the country 'with only $300 in his pocket'. What?
So, he took $100 from each business? That's weird. Yeah, this article is dubious, in many ways.
Too many unanswered questions.

[sneakypete]

Immigration officials accused him of having a sham marriage with his American ex-wife.

Despite the affidavit, he was unable to gain legal status. In 2009, he was issued with a deportation order.

The article says he has 4 daughters. But it omits who the mother(s) is or where the daughters were born.
2009 was Obama and his admin. They issued the deportation order. ICE is just enforcing Obama era rulings.
Trump has nothing to do with this.
The article says that he owns 3 businesses, but left the country 'with only $300 in his pocket'. What?
So, he took $100 from each business? That's weird. Yeah, this article is dubious, in many ways.
Too many unanswered questions.

@240B

You are not trying to tell us you think the media would lie to us,are you?

[dfwgator]

Too bad, so sad.

[Elderberry]

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/806375/amer-adi-v-united-states/

 Amer Adi v. United States, 11-3251 (6th Cir. 2012) Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Filed: August 10th, 2012

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Citations: None known

Docket Number: 11-3251

BACKGROUND

       The first spouse to file an I-130 petition on Mr. Adi’s behalf was Ms. Woods Adi, whom he

married on May 14, 1980. Mr. Adi and Ms. Woods Adi separated on August 11, 1981, only six

months after the visa petition had been granted and he became a lawful permanent resident (“LPR”).

Mr. Adi subsequently abandoned his LPR status by moving to Brazil with his current wife Ms.

Musleh in 1988 and remaining outside the United States until they returned in 1992. Two years after

their return, Ms. Musleh filed the first of three unsuccessful I-130 petitions on Mr. Adi’s behalf.

       This appeal arises from the denial of the third I-130 petition. The problem Mr. Adi

encountered in the protracted effort to regain his LPR status was an affidavit executed by Ms. Woods

Adi in 1990 (“1990 Affidavit”), which stated that their marriage was a sham, entered into for the

purpose of obtaining lawful permanent residence status for Mr. Adi. In denying the third I-130

petition, the district director of the Citizenship and Immigration Services (“CIS”) found that this

affidavit was “strongly support[ed]” by the timeline of Mr. Adi’s marriage to Ms. Woods Adi and

their subsequent separation and divorce. The district director summarized the timeline, as follows:

       The record indicates that [Mr. Adi] and [Ms. Woods] Adi were married on May 14,
       1980. [Mr. Adi] had his medical examination completed on August 11, 1980. The
       form I-130 and form I-485 were filed on December 12, 1980. [Mr. Adi]’s
       applications were approved on March 3, 1981. According to their divorce decree,
       filed November 10, 1981, the couple had been separated since August 11, 1981.

       The district director also determined that the timeline conflicted with a second affidavit Ms.

Woods Adi signed in 2007 (“2007 Affidavit”) recanting her statements in the 1990 Affidavit. The

district director explained that the 2007 Affidavit “states that they had been married a little over a


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year before any immigration paperwork was filed . . . . [and] that [Ms. Woods Adi] lived with [Mr.

Adi] until April 1982, but again the record proves otherwise.” Specifically, the record establishes

that the two had been married only seven months before Ms. Woods Adi filed the immigration

paperwork and that the two separated on August 11, 1981.

        The BIA affirmed the decision of the district director after finding that “the record contains

substantial and probative evidence that [Mr. Adi]’s marriage to Linda Woods Adi was fraudulent.”

In this appeal, appellants claim that (1) the 2007 Affidavit was sufficient to overcome Ms. Woods

Adi’s 1990 Affidavit, and (2) before making such a determination, the district director should have

conducted an in-person interview of Ms. Woods Adi in adjudicating Ms. Musleh’s I-130 petition.