[leephillips]

Read on: “According to the family's attorney, Zavvar was charged with a misdemeanor for marijuana possession in the late 1990s...The attorney said the case was resolved in October 2007, when Zavvar was granted a withholding of removal order to Iran, allowing him to remain in the U.S. and continue working legally.”

So it’s not at all clear. Also, this man arrived in the US from Iran when he was 12 years old. Now the “government has issued deportation orders to either Romania or Australia, without providing any explanation.”

Dumping a man who has lived here for 40 years in a strange country where he has no connections, because of “attempted” marijuana possession 20 years ago, doesn’t seem either fair or remotely humane, not to mention sane, to me.

[giardini]

"Fair"? "Sane"?

We are "A government of laws, and not of men." -John Adams

"Life is a bitch and then you die." - Tony Daniels

Both sides should be pleased that no one ate the dog.

[8bitsrule]

'A government of laws...' Ah-ha-ha. For some.

The guy, with a green-card, was in his late 20s when he 'possessed' marijuana. Oh, the shame, the infamy, the degradation!

"McLaughlin told Newsweek: "if you break the law, you will face the consequences. Criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the U.S." Hard-ass bogus bullshit. Why not be hard-ass about criminal native citizens as well? Be like the President ... NEVER break a law - ANY law - or you're out.

He was not illegal, his 'crime' was self-medication with a substance now legal in many jurisdictions, and he 'was granted a withholding of removal order' in 2007 ... 18 years ago.

How many of the hardasses approving this action ...deportation to 'either Romania or Australia' are themselves 'marijuana criminals'? Capitulation to this kind of crap will lead us into an era of misery.

[burnt-resistor]

Gerrymandering and bribery are only legal in America and third-world countries.