Thursday, May 26, 2011

BROKEN LIGHT, BROKEN DREAM: Illegal immigrants in Aurora

This high school graduate might be deported, after being picked up for a license plate light that was burned out. He needs the DREAM Act to be passed! - - Donna Poisl

by SARA CASTELLANOS The Aurora Sentinel

A gallon of milk, a burnt out car light, and Aurora will likely have one less illegal immigrant.

Everyday life led to the worst that can happen for Gerardo Noriega, who was living illegally in Aurora when the never-ending fear of being deported became a reality.

Noriega, 20, was driving from his Aurora home to a grocery store in April 2010 when an Arapahoe County Sheriff pulled him over for a broken license plate light. The Mexican-born graduate of Smoky Hill High School was arrested for driving without a license and detained in Aurora’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement jail for three days.
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