I was going to post a message agreeing that he should be deported but I went further through other articles and it seem that for 6 months of the 5 years he spent in prison it was because INS was trying to deport him. He won the original case and was not deported. INS apealed and two years later won the appeal that he be deported.
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/145...17/story.jhtml
The law says any non-citizen who serves more than five years in prison for a felony conviction is automatically deported but in this case it is a catch 22 they tried to deport him but lost so they came back and tried again arguing that he had spent more then 5 years which is true but if they had not been trying to deport him he would have only spend 4.5 years in prison. Not to mention the fact that the INS filed the appeal and didnt bother to inform him of the appeal so he could have representation at the appeal hearings.
I personally dont have an opinion on this guy but I do have an opinion on the law it this case it appears that INS held him in prision for an addition 6 months in order to make his being deported mandatory. I would think that the time frame use to determine if he should be deported was wrong. The felony conviction only resulted in 4.5 years in prison the other 6 months was the result of an INS action
Nbritt