Spiritwalker
05-07-2010, 03:37 PM
Thoughts on this?
http://news14.com/charlotte-news-104-content/top_stories/625539/immigrant-who-turned-in-cmpd-officer-fights-deportation
Should he be deported?
CHARLOTTE -- An illegal immigrant is fighting deportation after, according to his attorney, he was falsely arrested while trying to stop a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer from sexually assaulting his girlfriend.
Abel Moreno, a Mexican native, was in court for a deportation hearing Thursday morning. Earlier this year, his actions helped land Marcus Jackson in jail on charges of groping multiple women while on the job.
Moreno says Jackson pulled his girlfriend over at an east Charlotte apartment complex and sexually assaulted her.
"I thought, ‘is there something I can do to help her’ because I didn't think she needed to be alone and be there without me to protect her," he said.
As Moreno called police, Jackson could be heard in the background ordering him to get off the phone. Jackson arrested Moreno.
"I didn't do anything wrong,” Moreno said. “I just tried to protect someone who needed help."
Because of the 287g program, which allows authorities to begin deportation proceedings on any inmate in the U.S. illegally, Moreno now has to convince the government to let him stay.
"I don't think I have to go back because I'm not a criminal, I'm not a delinquent, I'm not a drug dealer," he said. "I'm the only person who's able to provide for my family and my sister is very small and she needs me, she needs to study, she needs to go to school, I'll fight this for her, not for me."
Moreno’s attorney, Rob Heroy, is asking for a victim's visa because he's an integral part of the Jackson case.
"In those cases, they will sometimes give visas that will allow someone to stay here temporarily," he said.
When asked if he would take the same actions to help his girlfriend, knowing now what he's going through, Moreno didn't hesitate to answer, “yes, absolutely yes.”
Moreno's call to police is credited with setting off the investigation that led to Jackson's arrest. The former officer is in jail awaiting trial.
In all, six women have come forward in the Jackson case.
http://news14.com/charlotte-news-104-content/top_stories/625539/immigrant-who-turned-in-cmpd-officer-fights-deportation
Should he be deported?
CHARLOTTE -- An illegal immigrant is fighting deportation after, according to his attorney, he was falsely arrested while trying to stop a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer from sexually assaulting his girlfriend.
Abel Moreno, a Mexican native, was in court for a deportation hearing Thursday morning. Earlier this year, his actions helped land Marcus Jackson in jail on charges of groping multiple women while on the job.
Moreno says Jackson pulled his girlfriend over at an east Charlotte apartment complex and sexually assaulted her.
"I thought, ‘is there something I can do to help her’ because I didn't think she needed to be alone and be there without me to protect her," he said.
As Moreno called police, Jackson could be heard in the background ordering him to get off the phone. Jackson arrested Moreno.
"I didn't do anything wrong,” Moreno said. “I just tried to protect someone who needed help."
Because of the 287g program, which allows authorities to begin deportation proceedings on any inmate in the U.S. illegally, Moreno now has to convince the government to let him stay.
"I don't think I have to go back because I'm not a criminal, I'm not a delinquent, I'm not a drug dealer," he said. "I'm the only person who's able to provide for my family and my sister is very small and she needs me, she needs to study, she needs to go to school, I'll fight this for her, not for me."
Moreno’s attorney, Rob Heroy, is asking for a victim's visa because he's an integral part of the Jackson case.
"In those cases, they will sometimes give visas that will allow someone to stay here temporarily," he said.
When asked if he would take the same actions to help his girlfriend, knowing now what he's going through, Moreno didn't hesitate to answer, “yes, absolutely yes.”
Moreno's call to police is credited with setting off the investigation that led to Jackson's arrest. The former officer is in jail awaiting trial.
In all, six women have come forward in the Jackson case.