Student's deportation put off as Feinstein intervenes

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Source: San Francisco Chronicle

(11-14) 16:03 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein has asked immigration authorities to halt the deportation of City College of San Francisco nursing student Steve "Shing Ma" Li while she considers introducing a bill that would allow him to stay in the U.S. temporarily, her office said today.

The effort by Feinstein came as Li's attorney said his removal flight to Peru would no longer happen on Monday, as initially planned. The lawyer, Sin Yen Ling, said the immigration officer that told her of the change of plans did not give her any more details.

"Why? I don't know," said Ling, whose client is at a detention center in Florence, Ariz. "In terms of when he's going to be put on a plane, I don't know that either. They wouldn't provide me with additional information but I do think it has a lot to do with the advocacy work that's been happening."

Li's case has attracted attention because the 20-year-old says he has no real connection to Peru, nor family members or friends there. His parents were born in China but moved to Peru in the 1980s to escape the government's one-child policy. They brought Li to the U.S. at age 11.

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I learned about Li through Facebook as some of my friends knew him. The website for the "Bring Steve Home" campaign is BringSteveHome.com.

Unfortunately, most people commenting on this article (SFGate comment sections are not known for having the most civilized people) are mostly siding with ICE:

"We don't need immigration "reform" (which is just another word for amnesty).

We need immigration enforcement."

"..all DiFi did was to reinforce the notion that it is better to ask forgiveness than permission when it comes to illegal immigration. As long as we keep voting in the Difi's of politics, then permissible illegal immigration will continue."

"The new liberal dictate makes it a very bad time to be a white American. Worse yet to be a white American male."

"Liberals trying to protect and increase their voting base through subversion of our laws. The democratic party has lost it's way and refuses to acknowledge we are a nation of laws that cannot be flaunted for simple political gain. TRAITOR"

Apparently the idea that an immigrant can assimilate to American culture and be a constructive member to society is alien (no pun intended) to many people.

[dkf]

1. Yet he won't have family in the US either if his parents are sent back to China.

I can understand not sending him back to Peru. Poor kid really has no country.

[Drale]

2. I love white people who think they are sooo oppressed

I'm a white male and I've never felt oppressed by the gobment, I've only ever felt oppressed by the stupid people around me.

[DBoon]

3. there is a word that describes white males held back by affirmative action

the word is "loser"

[Downwinder]

4. I'd trade my TWO Senators for Feinstein any day.